2023-03-31-accounts - Home-Start Wokingham District

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Annual Report 2022/2023

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What We Do

Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers – who are usually parents themselves – to visit families at home who have at least one pre-school child to offer informal, friendly and confidential support.

Our Main Aims

To help give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and widen their links with the local community.

Early Intervention and Prevention

Our emphasis is on supporting families at an early stage to ensure the support we offer has the best possible impact on children. We support families, to give their children the opportunities they need to thrive and develop in the earliest years. Identifying and addressing problems early, is one of the strongest themes of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Children’s Plan and we support this.

Sustainability

We want to make sure Home-Start is here for parents and children now and in the future.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to ensure that all parents are aware of what we can offer and feel confident in our approach. We want to ensure we reach those who are socially disadvantaged or those who do not find it easy to ask for help or access services for themselves or their children. We want to learn what works best for them and how we can shape our service to meet their needs.

Quality

We will ensure we have a continuous process of self-assessment and review, in every part of our work to ensure we continue to improve, develop and offer the highest quality service to families.

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Honorary Offices – 2018/19
Chair – Helen Diffenthal/Gareth Heard
Treasurer – George McCormack
Company Secretary – Emma Roberts
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We can be contacted by email at admin@home-startwd.org.uk www.home-startwd.org.uk

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Our Team
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Staff

Scheme Manager – Emma Roberts Senior Co-ordinator – Mandy Özfıçıcı Co-ordinator – Leanne Hill Tools for Life Co-ordinator – Teresa Crandon Group Worker – Kerry Lane Administrator – Elaine Strange Fundraiser – Amy Fennell

Honorary Officers – March 2022- April 2023 Chair – Chris Jack Treasurer – Athena Guna Company Secretary – Emma Roberts

Trustees

P Cannam H Diffenthal G Heard S Heard C Jack R McCormack A Guna M Richards S South N Stubban

Trustees are elected

and serve for 3 years. Re-election takes place at our Annual General Meeting.

Emma Roberts - Scheme Manager

I joined Home-Start Wokingham in July 2018 from a background in health, nutrition and humanitarian aid! Its been a steep but very interesting and enjoyable learning curve. Getting to know the team, volunteers and families has been a pleasure and knowing that together we can make a difference in the lives of families is very important. My role is to access the resources we need so our volunteers can provide the ongoing support, with guidance from the team.

Mandy Özfıçıcı - Scheme Coordinator

I joined Home-Start Wokingham District in March 2012 as a Co-ordinator, having been a home visiting volunteer for a couple of years. I really enjoy the variety each day brings, from meeting with families to find out how we can help, to meeting with volunteers to see how their relationship has developed with the family they support. Seeing families gain confidence in their abilities is amazing.

Elaine Strange - Administrator

I have been with Home-Start Wokingham District since August 2009. I currently work 24 hours per week providing administrative support to the office team and board of trustees. This work includes maintaining office records, banking and the monthly reconciliation of our accounts.

Teresa Crandon - Project Manager

I joined Home-Start Wokingham in October 2018 as the Tools for Life Project Co-ordinator. I have developed the training and resources for the project to train our existing volunteers and also new volunteers on the Volunteer Preparation Course. I look forward to developing and supporting more family groups across the borough with the team.

Kerry Lane - Group Worker

I joined Home-Start in November 2020 as a Group Worker to run and support toddler groups for Home-Start families. I have a background working in care as a support worker to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. I also have experience in managing my own family with seven children, and of being a family who received Home-Start support.

Leanne Hill - Scheme Coordinator

I joined Home-Start Wokingham in November 2020, as a Scheme Co-ordinator having come from a background in the emergency services, children’s safeguarding and a short time working in education. I have also previously been a Home-Start volunteer, which has given me a great insight into the diverse needs of the families we support.

Amy Fennell - Fundraiser

I spent four years visiting families as a volunteer for Home-Start Wokingham which gave me real insight into the challenges facing young families and how much our support can help. I wanted to use my skills as a lawyer to do more so was thrilled to join the team, part-time, in 2019. As our Fundraiser my role is to help raise the money we need to fund our work. I also work to raise our profile within Wokingham Borough through social media and involvement in community events. I love the challenge of the role and knowing that, together, we are making a real difference to local families.

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Report from the Chair of the Board of Trustees

Our most significant event in the last year was the loss of our long-standing Trustee, Susan South, who died in December 2022. Sue initially served Home-Start as a volunteer, supporting many of our families, for over 16 years before becoming a much respected and knowledgeable Trustee. Sue worked tirelessly for Home-Start on our main Board and specialist sub-groups and is greatly missed.

My thanks to our sponsors, our fund-raising team and supporters who organised and ran our various fund-raising events, including a very successful golf day organised jointly with WADE, another excellent Vintage Clothes Sale and a new Ladies’ beauty and pamper event! We look forward to being able to continue with these popular events.

Our families are facing increasing and different challenges to those that we have been used to supporting in the past. We are seeing more cases relating to depression, anxiety and financial worries, as well as the cases of isolation that we have seen in the past. We care deeply about all of the families we support and we are indebted as always to all of our excellent volunteers who give their time so generously to share their wisdom and experience.

Our thanks also to Mandy Ozficici who wanted a break from Home-Start but volunteered to act as interim scheme manager until Kate Lang started with us last year, at which time we said goodbye to Mandy.

With a gap in Scheme Managers during our year to March 2023, and with a commensurate reduction in successful funding applications, we had forecast a difficult financial challenge for the final quarter of the year and the Board was seriously concerned for the future of the charity. An in-depth review of our finances and, in particular, our financial liabilities to our permanent staff, led to the development of a new financial plan to ensure that HS could survive with a minimum operational budget for the immediate future.

We reviewed our family support activities and had to make a decision as to whether our family visiting or our groups activities could both continue. Our significant fouryear funding for Tools for Life ended and were unable to secure further National Lottery funding at that time.

The Board took the difficult decision to suspend the group activities for the time being and focus on our core function of family visiting, which has been our key focus for over 25 years. In parallel, we had to review our costs and a reduction in roles and hours for our staff was a difficult but necessary decision and at the end of the financial year we said goodbye to Teresa and Kerry and we thank them for their service to Home-Start over recent years. We also consolidated our office costs and started to consider other office alternatives for review and decisions in Q2/2023.

Given the difficulties we that faced at the end of 2022, we were strongly supported by Home-Start UK and by Wokingham Borough Council and we thank them for their confidence in us to re-establish ourselves financially. Accordingly, we started the year 2023/24 in a much stronger position and we look forward to expanding our services again in the community.

Attracting funding to support our operation remains our biggest challenge and we have renewed our focus on grant applications and fund-raising. References to us for family support continue to increase and we are confident that we can provide that support through our families co-ordinator and our excellent volunteers.

We concluded our discussions to agree a new contract with Home-Start UK (HSUK), our national organisation. HSUK itself is not isolated from the financial challenges facing the charitable sector this year and is reviewing its own organisational structure and financial model. We acknowledge and appreciate their ongoing support.

Finally, my thanks to all of our team, our volunteers and the Trustees who continue to work tirelessly to make a difference for all of the families that we support.

Chris Jack - Chair of Trustees Home-Start Wokingham District, 30 August 2023

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Source of referral
Where our supported families live
Map of Wokingham Borough. Total Source: CHARITY LOG (new referrals from 2022-2023)
Showing families supported by 72
Home-Start Wokingham District Community Nurse
BHFT
CAB
Self Dingley
Family
1 2 Worker
1
11 1
Homestart
5
RDG
School
1
Childrens Services 1
1
Total Wargrave 2 Perinatal 2
96 1 Ruscombe Nursery Nurse 1
Twyford 2
Staff Nurse 2
1 Charvil
1 Hurst
Woodley 20
Winnersh
Earley 3 6
Lower Earley 5 43
Wokingham 36
Shinfield 7
Wokingham Without 1
Health
Arborfield 4 Visitor
Spencers Wood 6
Finchampstead 2
24 Mums the Word – Wokingham
Total number of families
Crowthorne 1
supported through our 29 Mums the Word – Winnersh
groups during the year.
21 Mums the Word – Woodley
10 Baby & Me
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Where our supported families live

Map of Wokingham Borough. Showing families supported by Home-Start Wokingham District

Source: CHARITY LOG (supported families 2022- 2023)

Annual Financial Report 2022/2023

A summary of the Home-Start Wokingham District (HSWD) accounts for the year ending 31 March 2023 are detailed below and reflect the day-to-day operations of the scheme. The financial statements have been independently examined by Mt Tim Kingcott ACMA ATT.

Financial Status

HSWD received funding from a variety of sources during the year including Wokingham Borough Council (£48,248); The Big Lottery for the last six months of the Tools for Life project (£21,536) and The Berkshire Community Fund (£10,000) together with contributions from local Trusts, Foundations and Parishes of £14,350. In addition, our fundraising efforts raised a further £33,696 from individual and community events and we received donations of £12,159. These contributed to our total income for the year of £119,296, against which we incurred expenditure of £122,208 resulting in a net shortfall of £2,912. Our net assets excluding pension liability total £73,758. This year was financially more challenging resulting is the utilisation of our reserves due to the turnover of staff and fewer successful funding applications. However, through careful monitoring of expenditure and restructuring fixed costs, the organisation has been able to avert a financial crisis and reach a near breakeven position. Nevertheless, the trustees and staff will endeavour to secure long and short-term funding to ensure the long term viability of the scheme.

The Contingency Fund (Reserves)

Following the restructuring of costs and staff, the Charity holds £15,004 (a reduction of £33,102) in reserve within the general fund and is designed to help finance any situation that the scheme may find itself in at short notice. Closure would result in employment redundancy compensation being payable as well as employer debt on withdrawal from the pension scheme. The Charity aims to maintain the reserves in line with guidance from the Charity Commission on an ongoing basis. We review our reserves’ fund on an annual basis.

The Future

Fortunately, the Scheme’s short term future is secure for the forthcoming two years on an as is basis. The trustees greatly appreciate all contributions which secure the future of the Scheme and believe HSWD offer tremendous value for money to local families who rely on our help so much that we make a major contribution to our local community. Unfortunately the demand for our services is increasing but we are unable to cope within our current resources. Nevertheless, we are committed to continuing our vital work in the community for as long as possible.

Our sincere thanks go to all those who have supported us during the year.

Arnold Clark St Pauls Church Berkshire Community Fund SureStore Wokingham Charlie Mather - Henley Clothes Sale The Cowshed Charvil Town Council The Foodbank Earley Town Council The Growth House First Days The Lions Free Cakes for Kids WADE Wokingham Fresh01 - the Creative Agency Waitrose Wokingham Hennerton Golf Club Wellington College HSUK - Cost of Living Winnersh Town Council Junglemania Wokingham Borough Council Local Giving Wokingham Half Marathon Loddon Lodge of Instruction Wokingham Town Council National Lottery Wokingham United Charities Rowse Trust Wokingham Winter Carnival Shanley Foundation Woodley Town Council St Marys Church

With thanks to the many volunteers, trustees and staff who made individual donations to our scheme and all who have supported our various fundraising activities.

A huge thank you to our wonderful Volunteers.

VOLUNTEERS 2022-23

Chris Mitzi Karen Marjorie Prabha Chris Sally Sally Claudine Amreeta Sue Esther Camille Sue Frankie Carleen Cathy Helena Caroline Sophie Jenny Claire Megan Julia Dhanisha Carolina Kirsty Hayley Jacqui Liz Jennie Mariam Lynn Jill Rosie Marie Julie Brenda Marie Kath Christina Nicky Katy Rebecca Rosie Kayleigh Rosie Sarah Kelly Sonia Shelly Lisa Silvana Sue Lorena Caroline Tara Loretta Sally Tricia Lucinda Louisa Mandy Rebecca Mary Heloise

Home-Start Wokingham relies on funding and donations which are essential to our work with existing families and our vision for the helping more families in the future.

Donations

If you would like to make a donation to Home-Start Wokingham District, please visit our website: www.home-startwd.org.uk and follow the SUPPORT US link.

Corporate Fundraising

By raising funds for Home-Start’s vital work you will help us to reach more struggling families and give their children the best possible start in life. Whatever amount you are aiming to raise and however you want to raise it, we are here to support you, so please contact:

amy@home-startwd.org.uk for further information

COMPANY REGISTRATION NO.: 5400096 (ENGLAND & WALES) CHARITY REGISTRATION NO.: 1109629 (ENGLAND & WALES)

HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 MARCH 2023

Home-Start Wokingham District

Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2023

For the year ended 31 March 2023	For the year ended 31 March 2023
Note Unrestricted		Restricted	2023 Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	2022 Total
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Income from: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 Big Lottery Fund TFL Berkshire Community Fund Fundraising Trusts & Foundations Wokingham Borough Council Expenditure on: Other Total income Homestart Grants Donations and legacies Charitable activities Donations Councils & Parishes Interest Raising funds Charitable activities Big Lottery TFL & Awards for All	- 10,000 250 33,696 48,248 8,000 12,159 6,350 593 - 119,296	21,536 - - - - - - - - - 21,536 21,536	- 21,536 10,000 250 33,696 48,248 8,000 12,159 6,350 593 - 140,832 - 21,536	- - - 3,775 24,147 - 1,000 2,907 - 11 - 31,840	- 43,737 - - - 12,360 24,860 - 6,350 - - 87,307 47,675	- 43,737 - 3,775 24,147 12,360 25,860 2,907 6,350 11 - 119,147 - 47,675
3 Berkshire Community Fund	10,000	-	10,000		503	503
3 Homestart Grants Fundraising	363 31,249	- -	363 31,249	3,662 5,369	- -	3,662 5,369
3 Wokingham Borough Council	48,248		48,248		29,725	29,725
3 3 3 Reconciliation of funds: 11 Transfers between funds Net income / (expenditure) before other Reduction in reserves Total funds carried forward Total expenditure Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Net income / (expenditure) for the year Donations Councils & Parishes Trusts & Foundations	10,932 15,066 6,350 122,208 (2,912) - (2,912) 33,102 30,190 22,966 53,156	1,776 13 - 23,325 (1,789) - (1,789) - (1,789) 1,789 -	12,708 15,079 6,350 145,533 (4,701) - (4,701) 33,102 28,401 24,755 53,156	3,585 12,616 19,224 - 19,224 (5,966) 13,258 9,708 22,966	42,289 5,714 10,101 136,007 (48,700) - (48,700) - (48,700) 50,489 1,789	45,874 5,714 10,101 148,623 (29,476) - (29,476) (5,966) (35,442) 60,197 24,755

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.

Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

b) Public benefit entity

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

c) Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

d) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

e) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.
f) Fund accounting
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Costs of raising funds relate to the costs incurred by the charitable company in inducing third parties to make voluntary contributions to it, as well as the cost of any activities with a fundraising purpose
Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of delivering services, exhibitions and other educational activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs
Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies (continued)

h) Allocation of support costs

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, the cost of overall direction and administration of each activity, comprising the salary and overhead costs of the central function, is apportioned on the following basis which are an estimate, based on staff time, of the amount attributable to each activity.

Where information about the aims, objectives and projects of the charity is provided to potential beneficiaries, the costs associated with this publicity are allocated to charitable expenditure.

Where such information about the aims, objectives and projects of the charity is also provided to potential donors, activity costs are apportioned between fundraising and charitable activities on the basis of area of literature occupied by each activity.

	Lottery	50%
	Wokingham Borough Council	16%
	Trusts & Foundations	22%
	Donations	12%

i) Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities. Assets are reviewed for impairment if circumstances indicate their carrying value may exceed their net realisable value and value in use.

Where fixed assets have been revalued, any excess between the revalued amount and the historic cost of the asset will be shown as a revaluation reserve in the balance sheet.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

	Computer Equipment	3 years
	Fixtures & Fittings	5 years

j) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash 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. Cash balances exclude any funds held on behalf of service users.

Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

k) 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.

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1 Accounting policies (continued)

l) Pensions

The charity participates in The Pensions Trust Growth Plan Scheme, which is a multi-employer scheme which provides benefits to some 1300 non associated participating employers. It is a defined benefit scheme in the UK. The scheme is subject to the funding legislation outlined in the Pensions Act 2004 which came into force on 30 December 2005. A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out at 30 September 2014 and showed assets of £793m and liabilities of £970m and a deficit of £177m. We are paying additional contributions of £421.96 per annum (2021: £421.96 per annum) to eliminate our portion of the deficit by 2025 .

2 Income from charitable activities

Berkshire Community Fund Big Lottery TFL Wokingham Borough Council Trusts & Foundations Donations Councils - Town & Parish Homestart Grants	Unrestricted £ 48,248 10,000 250 8,000 6,350 12,159	£ 21,536 - - - - - - Restricted	2023 Total £ 21,536 48,248 10,000 250 8,000 6,350 12,159	2022 Total £ 43,737 12,360 - 3,775 25,860 6,350 2,907
Sub-total for restricted & un-restricted charitable
Total income from charitable activities Interest Income Fundraising Sub-total for charitable activity activities	85,007 33,696 593 34,289 119,296	21,536 - - - 21,536	106,543 33,696 593 34,289 140,832	94,989 24,147 11 24,158 119,147

Starting with the year under review, the split between restricted & Unrestricted funding was re-assessed. Previous years' figures have also been accordingly shown for comparison.

Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

3 Analysis of expenditure [the charitable activities should correspond to those itemised for income purposes]

Staff costs (Note 5) Direct cost Support cost Governance costs Total expenditure 2023 Total expenditure 2022	Cost of raising funds £ 30,898 - - 351 31,249 5,369	Big Lottery TFL £ 10,072 10,573 - 891 21,536 47,675	Berkshire Commun ity Fund £ 10,000 - - - 10,000 503	Wokingham Borough Council Trusts & Foundations - Restricted £ £ 48,248 968 - 575 - - - 233 48,248 1,776 29,725 42,289 Charitable activities	Donations - Restricted £ - 13 - - 13 5,714	Donations - Unrestricte d £ 983 9,995 408 3,680 15,066 -	Home Start UK £ - - - 363 363 3,662	Councils - Town & Parish £ 6,350 - - - 6,350 10,101	Trusts & Foundations - Unrestricted £ 4,758 2,629 463 3,082 10,932 3,585	2023 Total £ 112,277 23,785 871 8,600 145,533 148,623	2022 Total £ 111,353 27,316 986 8,968 148,623

Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

4 Net incoming resources for the year

This is stated after charging / crediting:

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Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel Staff costs were as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2023|2022| |£|£| |Salaries and wages|96,775|94,065| |Social security costs|769|1,445| |Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes|13,694|14,391| |Other forms of employee benefits|1,039|1,452| |112,277|111,353|

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No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2022: nil).

The total employee benefits including pension contributions of the key management personnel were £112,277 (2022: £111,353).

The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2022: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2022: £nil).

Trustees' expenses represents the payment or reimbursement of general expenses totalling £25 (2022: £nil) incurred by 10 (2022: 10) members relating to attendance at meetings of the trustees.

6 Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the year was as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2023|2022| |No.|No.| |Support|6|7| |6|7| |7|Creditors: amounts falling due within one year| |2023|2022| |£|£| |Accruals|8,242|2,753| |Accounts Payable|4,844|2,571| |-|-| |Deferred income (Note 9 below for details)| |13,086|5,324|

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Home-Start Wokingham District

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

8 Deferred income

Deferred income £nil (2022: £nil)

9 Pension scheme

10. Restricted winding up reserve

The charity has a policy of maintaing an adequate reserve of funds for the winding up should there ever be a need to do so. Each year the cost is reviewed and increased or decreased as appropriate. The cost is made up of all necessary expenses such as staff cost & legal or professional charges.

11 Movements in funds

Total restricted funds Total Unrestricted funds Fundraising Donations Restricted Funds Trusts & Foundations Total funds Trusts & Foundations Unrestricted funds: Big Lottery Fund (TFL & Awards for All) Wokingham Borough Council Councils - Town & Parish Donations Homestart Grants Berkshire Community Fund	At the start of the year £ - 1,776 13 1,789 - - 113 2,932 - 2,907 17,014 22,966 24,755	Incoming resources & gains £ 21,536 - - 21,536 48,248 10,000 250 8,000 6,350 12,159 33,696 118,703 140,239	Outgoing resources & losses £ (21,536) (1,776) (13) (23,325) (48,248) (10,000) (363) (10,932) (6,350) (15,066) (31,249) (122,208) (145,533)	Reduction in reserve £ - - - - - - - - - 33,695 33,695 33,695	At the end of the year £ - - - - - - - - - - 53,156 53,156 53,156

12 Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

Cash in hand Total cash and cash equivalents	At 1 April 2022 £ 65,860 65,860	Cash flows £ 15,719 15,719	Other changes £ - -	£ 81,579 81,579 At 31 March 2023

13 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1.

Home-Start Wokingham District

Balance sheet

Company no. 5400096

As at 31 March 2023

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2023 2022
Note £ £ £ £
Current assets:
Cash at bank and in hand 81,579 65,860
Accounts Receivable & Prepayments 316 13,222
81,895 79,082
Liabilities:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 7,8 13,086 5,324
Net current assets / (liabilities) 68,809 73,758
Total assets less current liabilities 68,809 73,758
Net assets excluding pension asset / (liability) 68,809 73,758
Defined benefit pension scheme asset / (liability) 9 (649) (897)
Total net assets / (liabilities) 68,160 72,861
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds - 1,789
Restricted Winding up reserve 10 15,004 48,106
Unrestricted income funds: 53,156 22,966
Total charity funds 11 68,160 72,861
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For the year ended 31 March 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

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

Approved by the trustees on and signed on their behalf by

Signature A Guna Date August 2023 Trustee Treasurer

Signature Chris Jack Date 09 August 2023 Chair of Trustees

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Charity Name HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT	Charity Name HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT	Charity Name HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT

31stMarch 2023	Charity no (if any)	1109629

One (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year responsibilities of (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act),as amended by s.28 trustees and examiner of the Charities Act 2006) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act, as amended),
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, as amended), and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent examiner's statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention

which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of the Act); and
accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:

	T I Kingcott

	ACMA ATT

	Kingcott Accountants,
	19 Brockenhurst Road, Martins Heron, Bracknell
	Berkshire, RG12 9FJ

April 2007

IER

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

April 2007

IER