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R•9iSt•r•d num&w 04617954 Charity No:1110649 South West Lancathre IndeFthdent CrynmuntyAth4Ke Netrmyk Report Of Th& Trust8•s Unaudil8d Slatements For Tho Yw Endad 31 D8c8mb8r 2023 111 AJN2PM* A17 f24 COMPWES HOUSE

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South Welt Lan¢ashlrn Indepèndent Communlty Ad¥lce Networft Reglstered number: 1110649 Company 04617964 Report olthe trust•es forth• year •nded 31 DK•mb•r 2023 The Iru$ttss p￿sent th&r rer#)rt aThJ act<¥Jnts ￿ the Jear ￿ded 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted Ihe l¥0￿s￿$ of accountiiu arKJ repKJrfing charths .' Ststement of Recommended Practive appI￿able lo d¥ritie5 weparing their a¢wunts in 4¢cordanGg th¢ Financial Repxbng Stsndard apF4cabl8 in lh8 UK artd lrnland IFRS102 effective 1 JaTrJary 2019). The principb activity of Ihe charity in Ihe year under re¥N￿ was thai of provkling advicti and asstst8n¢È on ¢mr&)￿ment law, safety aThJ welfare Iwts as well as IT fa￿￿treS and tratning.

South W•st Lanu$hlr• Independent CommunityAd¥i¢• Nthmrk R•gist•r•d nurnb¢r. R•port of th• trust••s for th• yow •nd•d 31 t)•c•mb•r 2023 1110649 A¢hl•v•ments and Porfornian To $8y last fw ho¥• been thall¥ntyng b& an uT￿ment. Our aim to wovide qualty lrKJeFend￿I athice teen hvvjwed and helped by covid. lorkn, vcAuntary WKI dwnty dosure5 and rrwe T￿nIty thè e05t 01 li¥ing uiyis. Eath on• bmught bts unique chaI￿ngeS to the cthzens of West Lancashiie. Each b"m6 we found new ways of ¥KJrking rew ¥fdyS of $￿F￿NIg Ilk people who at the receivirg eThJ of ev￿￿ng ￿ were faciThJ. Being successful in secyjring o)Db"nuatKffi funding means ¥¥e a￿ able to conlinue Ihe g￿t VmTk we slarted ftxjr years ago. si￿n9 W and SUFPYt to the px>r951 in our community ensurés that thère 15 a pathway c#Jl of Foverty and a way of b&"ng released Irom the povety trap. Each ol the last fwr years SWLICAN has lA￿rked hard wlh wr dients and parfn8fS to make suTr 0$ many paople as pjssibla g•t accoss to qualty a(Jvts and SUPPL¥t This yoar saw us fiJrtherde¥ebp outreach in Ihe norlhem parishes 8 Very largg Nral area that rdatNdy, has all the issuès somewhert Ilke Skelmetsdale do¢s tArt access k) the tyFe of Sup[￿ we offer. To improve tyjr monit￿n9 and 8¥aluation withased Ad¥Tce UICS Advrn PTO6. this gives us the ability io record ev￿ rrrtye infcThabon aLwt dients, Iheir i5sue5. r•mÈditr5 and Outco￿ etc. Forts first limè vrt aT• rthw abl• to g•t up to date data on their age. gender. address. Ftht c¢>Je. ward as as a host of other data that we use to improve ovr 3ervwJ and help infomi tyjr partnets on 8 range of subjects. We will also be ab￿ to wovide dear and concise inf0m￿tiOn to potenbal fvnders about ¢)ur knK)rk. ddivery a￿1 I￿1¢￿)Me$. Atso, Advice Pro u5 keep conrtection with the dirt t￿. we can follNf UP ￿ PIP. DLA, and many other decisions we apply for on their tehaif. giving us exact inforn8￿ on any financial $uppJrt Ilw rgewvg. We 5tsrt8d 2024 the Same way we ended 2023 very. vory. bjsy, working harf to meet lh8 many challerrtjes ￿ conl.nue to face as being the main rights provtder in West Lanca3hire. h85 seen us re￿￿1￿j FQSttivety to feedback by sefyice users and ￿1 parthets to develop ¢yJtreach provision the Borough. To this end ￿ now have outreach in Ormskirk. Bw3cwgh aThJ Tadet(Mi and it ￿11 bè Ouf aim. luThJing wdiNJ. to in Pa￿#￿. Some ol ¢h858 are in what most local people wjuld cal tt ffl0rè.affl￿If ar8as of Ihe Borwgh. The impxt of the cost of h)w"ng crisis has genuinely impacled people greatly and everyone is Ir)kirvJ at a5 many ways 8$ they Can to improve the financial ￿lIti￿ng, and this s happèning across all ag& grtyjps. This has beèn evtiJence¢J on a numter of (tcas￿$ over the year for example we helped pensioner ￿uFle aCh￿￿e PenS￿n credit a￿1 Ihen ¢arer5 all¢Yan￿ the husband who had numerous heallh issu8s. M I￿Th stems that Ilw shared their gctsj news wilh neMJhbours and we had 5 dnts from ihe same SUFWrt￿ living scheme. Th0￿h not ¥ll wore os su¢£g8th as the coutye.

South W•st Lanc•8hlre IndepeTrd•nt CommuthAd¥k• Il•two Reglstered nwnber. Report oflhe trust8•s forth• y•ar wmlpd 31 Decwthr 2023 1110649 hl•v•ffl•nts and Perfonnan In March we were ab to seeure some fundirvJ from Ihe eouncil to out discrets"onary payments to our dients and to th)se referr&J by one ofour parlners. Thi5 has proved to ￿ a real￿ usefvl tryM for th? athtisers as tsy ar• abl lo rnak• on th• spot decisions about b•n•fit from som extra, nofvrepayable funding, this can be useLI for enetgy bills. food, clLthir¥J etc. We had run a 5inular thme c¥)rnirg crtrt of Lockdown w behalf of DEFRA so adwsers w8re realty ￿eaSed w¢wère to get extra furKlin fc¥ our r¥¢m scheme. This 'cash firsy apw03th has luthr devekped by the Trus5d Twst o have rnn a small project L•ed$ pOp￿ ar• off•red an am￿rtt (rf ¢a5h as an aftsrnative fo gelling fc¢)d parcels aThJ it appears to have been quite successful. The Trussd Trust made a call for furlher eviderKe from other organisab.ons Ihat using a simdar Of sam& apFvoath. In mKI- 2023 Jan, our devehjper undertoc& a research propct into our dients who had received cash furM1ing and Iht impad it had ￿ Ihem and Ih8ir IN•s. Followng on frryn thi8. we wll be rreekng up wlh the Trussd Trust North West manager in 2024 to fe•d into a ryd$r sludy kn be dèliv•￿ tt) a Partiamentary Cornmittee to consJer. HalfvRy through the year client wmbers we any syn of il easing. We spoke to local counolknts atojt the dient numbets makirKJ Ihem aware that Ihg IcKal CAB hadn't opened rfs r￿rnal hours wce I(￿kd¢)￿n thoosirrfJ to dirèct online for help. TINS means ar8 th8 only face to lace provK1er in West LancashI￿. Unf(bJnately. Ihe C￿￿11. like So many org8ni8ation5. have way of suppJrbrJ u5. We dKI manage to secure a hxal coundlkjr as as an Ormskirk councilknr on to managernent board at Ihe Stsrt of the year and supFrfxt has l)een re￿ty d anil has given stsff a bit of a lrft tots. Referrals from NHS based dinics has svJniftsnty I￿￿e￿. mental hèamh refgrrals in p8rbcL￿aT have athys c￿me from the rnain ￿6pItal$. N¢x. we are also receiving mcts from Ihè Wèst Lane'$ long covid dinic. wilh many having to leave their icth all tc4Jether ￿ give up bwng $ew-em￿oye￿. This has causèd many ol thèse d￿nts to have rnuthp￿ issues, such a5 anyiety and stress of leavirwJ theif work. finanoal and personal ￿. SupFts1ing these clients offers chaleryes to the client and the adviser and having an inhouse registered debt a(knser fflean5 dients aren't running arouTrJ k)oknTrJ for drffe￿nl agencAes: pYovKle alrr¥)sl ev8Wing thelu fed to get 1hrou￿1 ltrs and thalkngrJ tirnes. We ha￿ dav8lLwd a rèalty geoj reL41bythip vrilh UK both and in the Le￿and and South prest￿ areas. Their ieferrab a￿ ty￿lY pallents boing sent home Irorn ho¥xtal who may have been in peks ￿ even ￿￿thS as iTrpatients. and on retum to thwr 1￿M&s, thoir ha5 iaken a bJm for the ￿rse and they may naed altendance albwance. carws alknW8￿e or other supporL We will do a hyne vvsit in Sp￿la1 circumstsnces. a service that is l￿lY provK1ed ty SWLICAN aThJ has woved invaluabk iD senously ill. elderly and the housebound. We do we can to r￿t th• needs ol clients. This te s¢ressftJ fcff ever￿ne irw01￿￿ so we also m8k? sure all slaff and volunleers gèt access lo frae personal larwyThKJusl supwjrt frcm a kncal m8nial health supptyt grw.

South W•sl LancashlTr Independent Community Ad¥lce Network Régister￿ ntsmb•r: Report of the trustets for the year ended 31 December 2023 1110649 Achl•v•m•nts and P•rfomnc• Internally this JEar we faced many challenges so. staff. volunteers and ￿MMitt￿ member5 dealing the k￿$ ol life partner5 OT close r8latives or them being very pcthy etc.. but like a gcoj famity we all pull together lo ensure friends are SUWDrted and the best ser¥ice continues. During the second half of the yEar I￿1rk cc￿lI¥￿ed at the same pace debt dienl numbers were also increasing. We fell thTS was a gctrfj b.me to Ic)k at rdling out ¢wr 'Money go Round. managing personal finances on budget courses as well as the 'Know Your Rghts. an overvtew of all the types of benefits av8i18ble and 9ui¢Jance a￿￿¢ fillir¥J (xrt a benefft appI￿ation form. These COUTSe5 have proven to be very suc£essful wth ex(llent feed back by the pupils. The local Council Financlal IndusN)n Lead also attended the Money go Round training and wa5 impressed with the knowknyge of tyjr adviser. Working from the Ecumnvl C8ntre has s8en us forge links wilh all the main Ofganisalions in Ihe building and beh¥een us people can usually get all the SUPPfXt they need In one k4ace. By vffjrking tcyther have all enhanced Ihe semces we provide, somelhing that is being a¢kr￿¥￿ed9ed by the Bc￿ugh Council and the NHS. At SWLICAN we have benefitted fr(¥m the dose %￿rk with the kjcal church grcmjps who cdle¢lively help Supkkn the Centre so much so we are regularty mentioned in waJrs xross skelme￿da1e which was nice to hear. Below you VAII see feedback and the odd case study thich can Probably b8tt8rjusb.ce to we work and the impart have. Know Your Rights- Spring 2023 - Lottery funded from und•rsp•nd .1 wll definitely rec(Jnmend course. qui¢e fxynpknx rules w8r¢ made ¥gry 8ccessible and the telephone numbers were helpful, so people know there to go to SP6ak lo someone. parti¢ulaily WI￿ people may not go online! "It was good'"1 am more infovmed- Know Your Rlghts and Money Manag¢ment- Autumn 2D23 twher over 60 pgoF4e attende(I thè ¢rxlr￿ on Zoom and in p8r%Jn. and be¢ame more infomed on wellare rights, and able to manage their finarKes better for themselves arKI their families Wery informal. everyC￿e participates. I'bw ganed lots of new informalKm' "Good mix of examples of people's circumstances with accessing Ihe benefits syslem. "The amount of knO￿edge ol Lynne is superb.

South West Lancahire Ind•p•ndenl Commu1 Advi¢0 N¢lwork Reglstww 1110649 Report of the trustws for the year ended 31 December 2023 AchIe￿M•ntS and P•rfornMnce MQWEY-GO-ROUND Jolft•4r FRIE shortc￿￿¥ RIGHTS.! JolA•¥r FREESI￿rt C••rs•inlVdlartRig1 Tuesdty 1121Wto3.LWI 171h0rtaknr103J.￿it￿Y0￿￿or find￿lM￿le￿TOry￿TEr. LSwlirdD.or9

South West Lan¢ashir¢ Ind•p•nd•nt Communlty Advic• Network Registered number: Report of th& tru$tws for the yew ondod 31 December 2023 1110649 Achkv•ments and PerfornHnce Other projects support beuu8e we have Lthry fundlng - Over 1000 people and thwr tsmil¢es have been assisted by oulreath semces that have been made F(J5sible by Lottery funding Outreach- Tarleton JLL'JL_I 'lan ha8 been a great help to me he help8d me pt my benefrts. Without his help I would not have been ab￿ lo get this, I wrAJld rM)t have knovm where to start. Without this addit1c￿l money from my benefits and 18n's support I would not be abl8 to live with the price of foDI aTrJ ek￿trI￿ty Il*se da￿, I am very grateful for his help"_ JF "I would like to thank lan for h8lFxThJ me fill the fcffii in for altendance allowance aThJ then help me for pensi(￿ crei1it ￿ was such a big help to my family and l and my claims w8s successful thank so much.- Anne Dickinson Outroach Ornlski FgEE IMtsEPENDENT t4D¥I¢E SEPNICE

South W•$1 Lancashlrn Indtrpendent Communlty Advico N•lwwk R¢8islred number: Report of the tTUBtee8 for the y￿r ended 31 Dec•mber 2023 hl•v•m•nts and P•rformance -lan has been a h￿Je help to me suppNtirrfJ me 7hith help for my husb￿0 who hos dgmentia lan helFed us both of us ￿ attendance allowance, and additional support with rewe care and other servw for my husband. Witti￿rt his supwt I woultj have been bst- AG. oobl Advlc• Servi￿$ prowded: Debt matters range M￿tiple debts and w)tential insofvory, rent arrears. utilibes, like water. gas and e￿I￿ty 8rrears deaw with using trust lunds. Advice support and information rtyards budgeting. and b6st pracbse in dealing vAth debts that are histo￿1. Unpaid parking fines M8king online applicion$ fry twards those in svJnificant hardship ltrustslgrantsl Povenling increasiry arrears wtrt Mt by appfylng for Dw￿1(￿1ary Housing Payrnents, in addition lo advKe on Re[￿esSIOn of mortgage properties. Advice on fuel banks￿￿1 banks arKI accessiThJ West Lancashire 8￿Ugh Counal funding kn help towards cost ol liwng. t)i$puting debts th* are statLrte barred lokler than 6 Farsl Providing advice on beneffits lo incrpase income (to prevent hardshiTr arKI often b8foTr m8king any pawnent FAansftxKlgets) Wriling or phonTrng ￿dItorS Io ask for breathing spwmding a¢tK)ns. Setting up affordable payment ￿an$ or writi.ng off debts if tyue to mentsl ill healthlcapacity issues. Preventing Bailiff actions wth CowKil Taxlulility companie5 lryryig to diswtne¢t or unpaid fines. Talking to COr￿erned clients to relieve their W￿leS and twovAae some practical resolutions lo their m(￿yWo￿les. Providing personal money management skills. i.e., on a income and manag¥y a budget

South W•5t Lanc•$hir• Ind•p•nd¢nt Communlty thlc• N•twork Reglst•r•d number: Roport of Ihe ¢rusttts for th• yoar ended 31 tIK•rnb•r 2023 Achlevements and Perfomiance Neww Debt A￿v•Ce Serv•ce P4ow Available v• WE CAN OFFER YO•J A fr•ELP•MG +4AWD. £>e*>t Advlce 01695 726269 Grant Fundlng from WLBC "Inslanl stress relief. Peace of mind kr¥yMNJ I VAS back up to date" "Al the time I was a￿11￿3 a Un4versal Cr•Jit d•m so th• ￿nI gave me some breathing space. "I was able to eat and look for ace of mind thal I could reu)¥w in wanmth. Trlelped al￿￿ale stress in a time of nee Trlelped a lotjust when needed ￿ Had littte M￿eY le SWLICAN Cash Fi￿t Research Report 2023 - made Kx)ssibJe as had dignts attgnding duo lo Ihe presenc8 al th8 Ecum8nical Cenlre that the Lottery provided- avaikblo ￿ request

South W•st Lancashwe Independent Community Advice Netwo Rogi$t•red numb•r: Roport ofthe truste￿ forlhe yoar fjnd￿ 31 December 2023 1110649 Achlev•m•nts and Performance Client called in for money advice due to experie￿￿) extep1K￿81 financial hardship and homdessness. She has recenty secwed a tenaw after 15 months of homdess (her marriage broke tknm and she was forced txrt of the marital home. unable to go bad( lo ccdlect any belongirKJs). She rtad been li￿ng a very unsettlgj way of IFfe and both her and a I￿Se8r4d granddaughter sleeping for a few nights a week in rylh her da￿hIerfS home then stsying v￿th other membets of her t￿lty. We checked her beneffts, receiwd Stste Retirnmenl Pension so we assisted dienl to claim trK>using and council tsx rebates. She was very upset al her SI￿atiC￿ and with her marriage breakiThJ (h)wn. She had no savings and was struggling to budget on her small Fer￿￿. She wa$ morg upset as sh8 had no incomo lo purchase any furni￿[8. She asked for advKe on how she can ￿1 on one we then completed an income arKI expenditure aThJ a benefrt check. tt transpired that client may be eligib￿ to daim After￿aftee Altrwance as she suffers with p￿Ical disabilities. Clionl had Sup[￿ from th8 welfare team for this matter. We helFed her to apply for hdp through the 'r8iry day fund. ar￿ she was delighted to Tepjrt she was given 2 beds {her granddaughter lives with her) bedding. an electric ￿)ker. fridge. washirvj machine. settee and 2 chairs. a table and chair set. t￿pan$ fxd(ery and carrts. We then assistsd hw a West Lan¢ashir¢ Htxtsehdd Supwt Fund, to help pay toward5 her e55enlial bills and addi1￿01 costs of moving into her new horne. As SWLICAN administer a fund IDEFRAI we were able to help her with a finan¢ial pawnent of £2CKI lovrards Ihg costs of hwng an elecffk c￿ker rthd. Client can now man•3e better fina￿lalty the foresoeabje futwe. She was awarded Attendance Al1(AVan￿ lan extra £¥2.40 per week) 3 years. She was prowded with a decoraling grant via Wesl Lancashire Council {we signposte(I her to the seTrice) and ￿r fami were ￿lping her de¢￿a¢a tr*r Imyne She was very grateful for thè hdp she received from SWLSCAN. We were able to help her sel a bjdgel. Provkled athce that helped to Increase her income. And offefed assistance to awy for the grants that ttelr￿d her lo fijmish her ttome. She said She fell $0 much more relieved. the stress she was under had been eased. And she coukj r#)w plan for the futurell L Oempsey- SWLICAN 10

South West Lan&￿h1￿ Independent Community 4Mce N•lworft Registered number. 1111J649 Report of the trus¢e•s forthe year ended 31 DecemlKr 2023 khl•v•m•nts and Perf0M￿Tr¢e SWLICAN Y•ar 1 Outcomes AdvKe filling in PIP.OLA Carers 81k)wence and Attendm alkywance 70 Hdp ￿1h Fensions and pension credit appli&thn Supptyt receiwng UC c ESA Help bwth 4pea15 and mandèkny reconsiderali Tax advice Offenders lo be re-housed. re-join swiety. find a new￿ 12 Mentsl heath problems wll relieve supwrt Referral to food or ck)thes bank Homoless or noed housing SUPFth adwce 120 Debt adMce 70 Vetsrons cf ex-forces avilans will receive a range of support Employmgnllow supwl 18 Support into em￿oyment 10 Digital servKes suppcwt 15 Volunteers recrui￿ and trainedin advice or admin Welfare rights money managernenl skiws

South Wosl Lancashir• In¢knp•ndent Communlty Advlce Netw¢Mk Registered number: 1110649 Report ofthe trnstees forth• year ended 31 De¢ember2023 A¢hlevements and Perforniance Unique benefiaarie5 be better able to manap f￿a￿)¥lty 18% Better financial positi1￿ and their ￿allh and wolkbeing imwoved 16% Bè less suidal due to money ￿ berfft tssues Be able to heat their homes and have dirKt fr￿ to eat Feel mcrte pensw)n Secu￿ be ab￿ lo he* and pport the infirm lfv care 6% Be more mobilg auos$ the borwh Feellng more secure havirvj eased their fv>JsirvJ issues Helpèd into emplownent.participate in i1￿reasi￿a ¥irbJal Will not feel abarKloned by armed fc 12

South West Lanca8hlr• Independent Communlty Advke N•twort Regist•r•d number: 1110649 Report of thè tru$te8s for the year ond•d 31 Dovmb•r 2023 Ststsm•nt of Trustees Re5ponsibililles Charity law requires the board to prepare a¢counts for èach fi￿al year¥thic gNe a true and tsir w¢w ofthe stat¢ of affaits of thè chaiity at ts end of the ffinawal year. tt mustalso document whefvr operatKJns are at a surplus or dttfi￿ fortr year. In preparing the l>)8rtt is rwuKed kn: - select gjltable acwjntiro ￿)1￿￿0$ and aprAy Ihem w15￿ten￿Y - make judgements and that afe fBaS￿abty prud•nt - pmpar• thè aeeounts on ￿ (Ywng concem basis unless it becomes Inap[￿prI8le to assume the charitywll ¢Mtinue to o>wate - $tats vthglher8ppl1ca￿e ￿l¥￿Jn￿ng standa￿$ aThJ best practKe have twi folkywad Th8 trustoes are resp)nsible lor mantsining prcfw act￿nI#¥j disdose wth reasonthe a¢caJracy perfO￿nan￿ arKI ts cuN8nt rma￿al F4)sition at any 91V8n time. The tru5te8s also are rèsp)nstsl& for onsuring IW the accwnfs r￿p with oJrrent charits.es legislation. regula￿A$ and ts trust oldeed. The trusiegs are re5wnsible for safeguarding Ihe assets of the thanty ￿ ￿e for laking steps for the pre￿￿ and detttl1￿ offrawj a￿1 othw NregU￿rI*. This rewt was approved by the boaryl on.. on tehalf of Ihe Intsteès. Name: Posthon: 13

I repryt on Ihe aCLe￿nts dswth West LanCaShi￿ Indepw¥knt COmmun￿YAdvtt Nehth lor the year endlrvJ 31 Decemter 2023. are set ¢yJl pages. R•sp•clfv• responslblliti•s of trust••s and •xamin•r is not requi￿1 for thi5 year under seckn 14412) of ts Chwths A¢1 2011 (the 2011 Act) ttwt in¢Jepend¢nl gxaminalion ￿ n¢8dèd. Having satisfied myseNthat ts charity is ￿￿111 un(tr c•npany law arxj is gligue for independnt ¢X•minal￿. it 1$ my r¢sF<bility to.. -exarnine the acwints u￿r Secti￿ 145 of the 2011 Prt . Idlow the prctedures laKI the gerw ￿"re¢l￿ giv￿ by ts Charity C(MnMW￿ ￿der secljon 145(5llbl of Ihe 2011 Acl.. and . stat• wlther part￿lar mattets have my attenlh)n. Basis of indeP￿dent •xamin•rfs r• Commission. examinatN)n indudes a review of the ac¥)wnting rerJyd5 kept by dwrty •ThJ comparK5rm of thg accounts pwnted ilh th(rA WVLords. It also i￿￿deS CL￿￿￿ra1)n of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts. and seeking from you as trustees con¢eming any matters. prrK8dures undertaken do not prowde all lh8 evhJ8nce Ihal Ynukl b• required in an audit CLMS8qU8nUyno r•)ion is gwen as to t•rtWw Ihe accounts present a and tsir and the re￿￿t Iwnthj tr) matters s¢t c4rt ststement tthw. Ind•p•nd•nl •Mmln•f$ stat•m•nt In connecl)n wih my exarninat1￿. no matter has cryne lo my allentA)n.' (?} bthich gives m6 reasonablt caLk50 to bel￿e that in any maten.al resFttt Ihe rewliements." to keèp aceounling records in ￿c¢darKe wilh s•ctron 386 of Ihe Companies Act 2006", and to prepare acrxlunts whKh acc(xd wilh the a￿m￿tiThJ recg)rd5. comptywith the accounliThJ Mquiram•nts of $8Ctth 396 01 lh& Companies N£t 2(XA aThJ wrth the methods ar#J wrK•￿e$ ofthe Statement of Reo)mmeth Practice: A¢c4yJntiNJ aTrJ Repytirg by Charitres ho￿ ntst m•t", tx (21 towhith. in my opinKffi. atknnlkn sh￿Id t dr¥n ￿ order io enabk a proper undwst8ndiThJ of accounts k> be reached. CM Name". Helen J Gtjest ACMK CG Address.. 482 Liverpcd R¢xl, Ainsdak. Swthpryl PR8 30B Dotg.. Augu* 23rd 2024 14

South West Lancashlr• In(￿ndent C(•mmunlty Adv1￿ Networf( St•tement of FIna￿la1 A¢¢l¥ftl•$ for the y￿r endlng 31 DKemb•r 2023 2023 2022 T1¥￿ Funds Tot1 Fund# Fund Fund 3(Xl Charitiable Aclivlties Adwc¢ . 11,744 11.744 157.571 157.571 169.315 1fj9,315 116,7n 117,073 Exp•ndltur• On Charltlable Pxllvltl•8 Advice 9,215 123.642 132.857 111.591 Transfers Betwn Fsmds 21.119 (21.119} Net Movem*rt In FLU 12.810 5.482 Totsl Funds Bt¢wJht F(Nward 52.303 46.821 TotAI Funds Carried For4¥¥d 11810 $2.303 15

South West Lancashlre Ind•p•ndent Cornmunlty Advice NeiwoTk Reglster•d numb•r. Co 04617964 Balanc• Sh8•t As al 31 December 2023 2022 Total Fund Fund Fund Total Fund TangitAgAssets 2.400 Debtry3 Cash at The Bank and In h 89,717 89.717 89,717 89.717 53.754 53.754 Cr•dli oys AmoLFnts Falling Within On• Year I2.￿1) 12.2901 13.8511 N•t Cwr•nt As8•ts 87.427 87.427 Tolal Assets Le55 Currenl Lk3bilitses 88.761 88.761 52.303 Funds Unrestricted Funds Reslricted Fur Toial Funds 88,761 52.303 88,761 52.303 for lh8 ￿al ènded 31st Decem 2022. The mernbers have not requir•J the o)mpany lo oblan an 8tKItt of k5 finan(xal sl8terngnts ftythè y¥r $rbJÈd 31st Dèc¢mb¢r 2022 in vnth S476 ofthe Companies Act 2￿. Th& trustees ackno￿ Iheir r•spo￿l￿¢beS lor. al Ensuring Ihat the Chartsb￿ ty￿Par￿ keeps 8C￿tiry re(Yds Ihèts COM￿aY with s•ctK>n$ 386 and 387 01 the CIMWan￿ knt 2006 and bl Preparing f¥wval slatemenls s¥ve a true * Iwvv•J 5latofaffairs Otthe charitablg mpany as at thg of•ath fi￿cIal of its surplus and d•ficitfor each finaTrcKal y•ar ) accThdanee wlh reqU1￿ments ofseclx￿ts 394 arJ 395 and WnFfyv￿th Ihe requirements ofthe comp￿leS Act 20rA relatirwj lo fmanMI 5t8lern￿. fo) tsr8s appli¢8bl¢ ￿ tho charitable company. Mr Paul Mcco￿1 tlirector August 23rd 2024 rlvK' OL 16

Th¢ finaThial 81eM￿ of thè chwtat48 ￿rT￿ry. ￿tity thjer FRS 102. Th8y have in ilh thè ch￿eS SORP (FR51021 "Ac¥3xrfry 8nd Rewn9 By Ilh Fin8nd¥ Re[￿rtsy￿ Sfth al￿tle n ihe UK of frelarKI IFRS1021 effectr¥e 1 EX￿d￿r• fixéd ￿ets Fithjresa Frtbr EquWt 20% reduurvj Taxatknn Fund AccounttThg the biJ8iees. Funh8r8wpLqnakn Ofb￿ natyjrn aTrJ pJryx)5•0f•ath rLstOlheffiMrKial statemw Slnce all of the acbvi0e￿((￿s relat? lothe tharibtrs thifth h8•firvJ. 811 Ineomè Fmm Charfiabl• Activ1¥ 169.31S 116.773 JL G8rfield Westr Trydins Peter Latham Chvty NHS Lancashire Ewor Raltrkne Cwmiunty F(yJTrJalon CVS- Debt Mawjqr F￿r•a n.681 10.CO) 5,890 4.494 3.YJO 9.600 400 3.oc LarKs CC West LarKx 250 169,315 116,773 17

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Jpport T•lal 6.045 Fund Charlt6the 19. 20.1 96.863 116.773 117.073 29927 81,864 111,591 .737 15.219 5.482 -1135 39.218 13.084 Tanglbh fixad as5•ts F￿r•S & Fliunos Equlpm•nl Totsl Coll At l JaMaryzorJ Addi&on$ SurpbJs on re¥4ua 16. 12.430 28.736 At 31 Dec8wtsr >)23 16. 12.430 Deprnclaiioft At 1 January 2023 Chw98 FNTh8 PerK1 SurrAus on rnvaluatyr On diskwLs At 31 tkrxmberWJ 15.828 10. 15.946 N•t I￿0k Yak At 31 Decem￿12023 At 31 Oecmbgr20 974 478 2,400 17

1.9a6 3.851 10 Ilowm•rt In Fund¥ 01.•123 .1223 G￿ernI Fur1 21.119 75.951 R•6trfct•d F￿ft 33M9 12,810 21.119 88.761 Gefterl Fth 11.744 9215 157.571 I￿.315 1Z3.642 132.857 m22 J1.1222 Vnrn51rlct•d FuThls G8n8Tr1 Fund .7371 113.0591 24.025 15219 13.Q59 28.278 52.303 16.821 N¢t mov•ftwt in as fe4rF￿. R•¥ouK•* In FuTrd$ GeneFal F￿1 3).1 129,9271 (9.7371 R•gtrl¢ted 81.664 96.683 ￿ 15.219 117.073 111.591 5,482 17

INCOME AND ENDOVIIAElIts Donations and 10gacies Donations Charltable Adi¥lll Grants 1￿.315 10.315 116.773 117.073 EXPENDrruRE Charltable Activiii•5 Wages 79.123 7.014 76,347 10, 1,397 1,911 872 2.970 1,736 Insurance Telethi Sundries Volunteer Expw>ses 2.492 5.819 2,628 Repairs aThJ Renthv Recsuitment TrainovJ SubscripboT Travel Costs 2.136 1.493 1.486 1.085 Fixtures & Fittir¥Js Comwter EqUipM￿t Grants to Individuals Cost of LNing Grants Advertigng & Market Donation 100 4.705 2.277 15.625 1.470 110,391 Supp¢)rt Costs Governance Costs 1.200 T¢Yal Resources Expended 7Y2.857 111.591 N•t Ineom•