REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 054915701England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITh NUMBER: 1110638 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 FOR HOME-START READING LTD D C Dobby ACIB Tilehurst Reading Berkshire HOAIE-START READING LTD cOKrEP￿s OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2023 Page Report of the Trustees 1to3 Independent Examinerfs Report Statement of Financial Actsvitres Balance Sheet 6t07 Cash FI￿¥ Stateme Notes to the Financial St*ments 9t013 Detsiled stateM￿ts of Financial Pdmt 14 FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31 MARCH 2023 aWicatrAe in ts UK RetNJblK of IrdaTrJ(FRS 11Y2) (ell&Xw 1 JaThJary 20151 YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Charity number. 111C638 Company numbgr. 05491570 Dlrnctorty and TnMt80• The directL¥S of the charrtth o)mF•ry {￿ thantyl are ts Injstees (*anty LYW. Th8 trustee8 and offleern swving dwing ts year a￿1 sIr￿e thè year ond as foll(r￿. Bigg8 Jow# Cha Catherine Tr(m￿ Jo*tt Chair Kelty Dadd Mark Lewlhwame Treasurer ApFKJ'nted 17.01.2022 Jacquellnè Burrage Apw)inted 24.1X.2022 Soph16 Croft AFWKrted 29 09.2021 Katie Poole Christopher Guy AprKMnled 15.08.2022 IRe81gth109.03.2023) Anna Vorstsr Lottie Pheasant Amal Mohammed Jill Lakg Naiya Patel Josephine R Appc¥nted 25.08.2 (Reswd (%.05.2022) (Reswed ￿.10.2022} (R¢￿9￿ 16.03.2ff231 (Resy*d 30.1020221 (Re8yd Xl.1020221 Ind•pond•nl Examlnor D C Dobby ACIB TilehuTsI Reading Berkshire ￿0￿mIng Document Home Start Reading is a company limiled ty giiarantee go%tmed ty ts Me￿￿KIum a￿1 Aiticles. FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH %123 Appoh)th1ont of Tnwtse8 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND IAANAGEAIENT Ri•k rn•nagom•nt Rec4)verylBus1n￿ C￿tinuall0n.. Trleatth aThJ Saw. "tlala Pwtedicffi" aThJ"St*¥JrvJ Ordws for FirwK4al Managemenf. Those ￿11(￿8$ aTrJ are regLtsty by Tr￿le OBJECTIVES AND ACTivmES Ob￿¢￿* #nd aim8 with at18ast 01￿ thlkj uTrJer 5 vkno may iE gomg IWh a drfft(Jth ltsY*. 8rKI m R&￿Ir￿￿ Pr￿m*￿j weekly F￿lty Slgnllkant ael¥lll•• ACHIEVEMEPM AND PERFORMANCE Charh*ble acllTAtI•• Thè Charity prowdes an Annu81 Repc¥t for ot its AGM 8r#J Its 8tatisli aThJ a n8rrats.ve al)out its various 8(*wtw in suppjrlry tsnilw at hC1￿ tn the groups. recording ou¢)tJts ar*J m8asur8s of the $8t¢l&kn t•rth ththr SLWrt In 2022r23 th• Chanty 8UPFQrted 62 families through v•*8￿Y of vduntses to IhBir hw*s aTrJ a furtl*r41 in the F￿ty Groups REPORTING PUBUC BENEFir P•Je 2 +IOME-START READING LTD REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES. CONnNUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 FIMANCIAL REVIEW Review of the y&ar Inojme inuease(I by 7.6% on the previous year. Expwdrtuie increased by 21% on the previc*Js year. A small surplus was ￿le¥ed In the year of £1.674 Provhling ad￿￿te furbjing for Ihe essential administratNe infraslnK*Jre to Sup￿ the tharws many se￿Ir remains a very C￿nsKI8[3b￿ chalknge. Home.St8rt Readmg are very gratelul kn all Ihe grants * iknalions received in the year, arnl we crmtinuing to dep￿￿￿ s￿* grants and ¢SJnations to t￿o¥1de their services in Roler￿ pollcy In determiniw the TeseNes of th8 chwlty. the Tntst888 c*n8hYw the of risk op&aiNJ exwises required. It is th8 Twste88' goal to greate 8ulT￿th r888V¥8S to o)¥er at18a818ix monts. nomwl Iwab'ng exp8n888, given the 8latuttYy redundaiy obwions lo its staff. the fad that Home-stari Reading deals wilh vulnerable families M)uld req￿re suffio.enl in the event that the th81ity lo cease OFW8tffi8. The charws reserves are deemed to be •lequate in tem￿ of n8k. Fundj In deficlt Non ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD Sue Bws - Jcint Chair 2oZS HOME4TART READING LTD INDEPENDEMT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HOME4TART READING LTD I report ￿ the accxxjnts for the year erNJed 31 March 2023 set out on pages fNe to ihirteen. Respectivg rnsponslbllltles of trustees and examlner The tnjslees (who are also directors for the purposes ol ¢x)mparry lawl are re8wn5ible for the preparab'on of accounts. The tru51ees cOn￿der Ihat an audit 15 required for this year (under ¥ectlon 144(21 of the Chanties Act 2011 (the 2011 kt) that an IrKleperthnt examinabon 1$ needed. Having satssfied myself that th8 charity is not subject to a￿jff( urvjer c￿npanY law and is eligible for independent examinats'on, it is my responsibility to '. - examine the a￿)Unts under Section 145 of the Charib"e5 ALI.. - follow the procedures laid dovm in the General Dire(*ons gNen by the Chanty Commission lun( section 14515}Ib} of the 2011 Act - 8tsts whether particular matters have come to my attenknn. Bas1• of the Indowndent exwnln•f• r•port My examination was carried oth in accordance with the general ￿"reCtr"0￿ gwen by the Charity Cornmi55ion. examination ineludes a review of the accountiThJ re¢￿d$ kept by the tharity arbj a companson of the accounts presented with those records.11 also Ir￿￿deS cx)nsthralK)n of any unusual ilems ¢y disd05ures in the accounts, and seeking explanatsons from you a$ trustees conc£miThJ any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not prowde all the emdence that wDuld be requlred in an audit aThJ consequenuy opinion is gNen as lo lthether the accounts present a and lair vie¥f and rermxt is lirnrted to those matters ¥et out in the statement telow. Indepondonl •xamlnorfs •14t•m•nt In connection with my examingtson. no matter has com8 to rny attents'on.. 11) whi¢h gives me reasonable cause to belth* that. in any n)aterial mpect, Ihg requirements.. - to keep accounting rgcords in accordance seclion 388 of th¢ Companies Act 2006 aTr - to prepare accounts which aecofd wrth the accountirvJ records and comply with the accounb'ng requiments of section 396 of the C¢)mpanies Act 2¢Th 8nd th th8 meth¢xls aThJ wnciples of ts Statement of Recommended Prathce.. Aecounbng and Rewtwig by Charit have not been mei or {21 to which in my oplnion, attention shwld t¢ dravm in order to enat4e a proper undeistandiro of the a¢¢ounts lo be reached. D C Dobby ACIB Tilehurst Reading Berkshlre t)aie 24 A￿uSt 2021 INCOME Donqlil¥￿ ￿ gwartb 74M7 161338 1W 387 113 Otlw Income 74917 ijiJ38 14•.f63 ns 21.11% 0.738 14gm4 124640 f•2 1215081 TMn•f•rolFund• 241•2 1Q•23 RECONCIUATION OF Fuh 6110 #811 J2.186 J1.524 31,824 Re$trithd furKIs TOTAL FUND8 CARRIED FoifiiMD 31.524 127 166 AT 31 IWICH 2023 2022 Totsl FU￿1¥ Funth Del)tor8. amounts faUiNJ wrthin cTh yg8r CAsh al bank aTrJ in h 3.618 164.153 407 181513 11&289 31A24 31.524 167.671 161910 CREDITORS I40￿16) 14OA161 137A39) T CURREKf ASSETS 11340 31.$24 IZl,15S 125,481 31J I￿,16$ 124481 NET ASSETS FUNDS 11 11 79 79.291 11340 31,624 55.107 38.860 31A24 Ro8trfjct4d lurKI¥ De8rynated FuTrJs 31124 TOTAL FUHDS LANCE SHEEf. COPrnNUED AT 31 MARCH 2023 The charitable e¢xnpany 15 Wrtilled to 8xwnptKYt fruniing Restricted funds are &*4&Xed to test1KtK￿ M th6lr eXP￿ditUre Nnpcw&J by the (kJTh)r