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|Trustees'<br>Report||4-9|
|Independent<br>Auditors'|Report|10-13|
|Group Statement ofFinancial Activities||14|
|Balance Sheets||15|
|Cash Flows||16|
|Notes to the Financial|Statements|17-31|





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|<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED|31 MARCH 202|3|||||
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|||Notes|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||||Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
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|INCOME|||||||
|Donations|||78|189,359|189,437|77,267|
|Income from charitable<br>activities<br>Grants receivable<br>Fees receivable|||105,050<br>1,480,443|443,335<br>20,983|548,385<br>1,501,426|410,053<br>1,426,099|
|Rent and service charges receivable<br>Other income|||130,293<br>84,292|374|130,293<br>84,666|211,020<br>85,168|
|Investment<br>income|||11,176||11,176|9,457|
|Total Income|||1,811,332|654,051|2,465,383|2,219,064|
|EXPENDITURE|||||||
|Expenditure<br>on charitable|activities||1,698,255|475,059|2,173,314|1,948,126|
|Total Expenditure|||1,698,255|475,059|2,173,314|1,948, 126|
|Net income for the year|||113,077|178,992|292,069|270,938|
|Gross transfers<br>between|funds|15&16|64,722|~64,722|||
|Net Movement<br>in Funds|||177,799|114,270|292,069|270,938|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds<br>Total funds<br>brought forward|||1,899,735|331,652|2,231,387|1,960,449|
|Total funds carried forward|||2,077,534|445,922|2,523,456|2,231,387|





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||||Notes|Group||Charity||
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|||||31stMarch|31stMarch|31stMarch|31stMarch|
|||||2023|2022|2023|2022|
|||||F||8|6|
|Non Current Assets<br>Tangible<br>Fixed Assets<br>Investments|||10<br>11|528,408|521,375|200,293<br>104|211,497<br>104|
|||||528,408|521,375|200,397|211,601|
|Current Assets||||||||
|Debtors|||12|116,604|89,044|28,924|22,467|
|Cash at bank|and in|hand||2,245,594|1,951,851|2,232,625|1,935,263|
|||||2,362,198|2,040,895|2,261,549|1,957,730|
|Creditors;<br>Amounts<br>falling due within<br>one year|||13|293,260|266,000|181,881|271,116|
|Net Current|Assets|||2,068,938|1,774,895|2,079,668|1,686,614|
|Total assets|less current liabilities|||2,597,346|2,296,270|2,280,065|1,898,215|
|Creditors: Amounts||falling due after||||||
||one year||14|73,890|64,883|||
|Net Assets||||2,523,456|2,231,387|2,280,065|1,898,215|
|Represented|by:-|||||||
|Funds||||||||
|Unrestricted|||16|2,077,534|1,899,735|1,834,143|1,566,563|
|Restricted|||17|445,922|331,652|445,922|331,652|
|Total Funds||||2,523,456|2,231,387|2,280,065|1,898,215|





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||||||2023<br>f|2022<br>f|2023<br>8|2022<br>6|
|Cash used in operating|activities|||22|371,693|249,496|286,186|254,845|
|Cash flows from investing||activities|||||||
|Interest income|||||11,176|9,457|11,176|9,457|
|Purchase<br>of tangible<br>fixed|assets||||(97,540)|(14,204)||(10,585)|
|Sale proceeds of tangible|fixed assets||||8,414||||
|Cash provided<br>by (used|in) investing|||activities|(77,950)|(4,747)|11,176|(1,128)|
|Increase (decrease)<br>in cash|||||293,743|244,749|297,362|253,717|
|Cash at the beginning<br>ofthe||year|1 April|2022|1,951,851|1,707,102|1,935,263|1,681,546|
|Cash at the end of the year 31|||March|2023|2,245,594|1,951,851|2,232,625|1,935,263|
|Cash and cash equivalents||consist of:|||||||
|Cash at bank and<br>in hand|||||2,245,594|1,951,851|2,232,625|1,935,263|





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|2|Grants Receivable|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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||Ashford<br>Borough Council<br>BAE Systems<br>Limited<br>Children<br>in Need<br>Community<br>Fund<br>DE FRA<br>FareShare<br>Kent Community<br>Foundation<br>Kent County Council<br>Maidstone<br>Borough Council<br>Orchard<br>Community<br>Power Partners<br>Sheerness<br>Town Council|||10,255<br>93,296|||3,500<br>113,562<br>3,886<br>66,858<br>3,000|3,500<br>123,817<br>3,886<br>160,154<br>3,000|21,745<br>14,450<br>113,830<br>5,445<br>133,388<br>4,460<br>11,530<br>30,000<br>4,000<br>9,716<br>500|
||Swale Borough Council<br>UK Power Networks|||1,499|||246,699<br>5,830|248,198<br>5,830|60,989|
|||||105,050|||443,335|548,385|410,053|
||In 2022 income from grants|receivable was 8410,053||of which 6309,940was attributable||||to restricted|income|
||and f100,113to unrestricted<br>income.|||||||||
|3|Income and Expenditure|ofTrading Subsidiaries||||||||
||The charity owns the whole ofthe <br>Company<br>number 07600925. The||issued share capital ofChildren<br>and Families Childcare<br> results ofthis company are summarised<br>below:|||||Limited.||
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||Turnover<br>Direct costs||||||755,553<br>782,414||812,685<br>774,016|
||||||||(26,861)||38,669|
||Administrative<br>expenses||||||26,472||20,885|
||Operating<br>Profit||||||(53,333)||17,784|
||Distribution<br>paid to charity under gift aid||||||(15,523||(160,338)|
||Retained<br>in subsidiary||||||(68,856)||(142,554)|
||The aggregate<br>ofassets, liabilities||and funds was:||||2023||2022f|
||Assets<br>Liabilities||||||49,641<br>97,551||135,847<br>114,901|
||||||||(47,910)||20,946|
||Represented<br>by;|||||||||
||Ordinary<br>shares ofF1each<br>Profit and loss account|||||2<br>~47,912)|||2<br>20,944|
||Total funds||||||(47,910)||20,946|



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|The results|of this company are|su|mmarised<br>below:|||
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|Turnover<br>Direct costs||||610,220<br>438,787|520,263<br>361,654|
|||||171,433|158,609|
|Administrative<br>expenses||||6,896|4,822|
|Operating<br>Profit||||164,537|153,787|
|Distribution|paid to charity under|gift aid||201,504|134,618|
|Retained<br>in|subsidiary|||(36,967)|19,169|
|The aggregate<br>ofassets, habilities|||and funds was:|2023<br>E|2022f|
|Assets||||393,272|356,656|
|Liabilities||||135,130|61,547|
|||||258,142|295,109|
|Represented|by:|||||
|Ordinary<br>shares of51 each<br>Profit and loss account||||100<br>258,042|100<br>295,009|
|Total funds||||258,142|295,109|





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|Company<br>number 08953232. T|he results ofthis company<br>are sum|marised<br>below:||
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|||6|8|
|Turnover<br>Direct costs||326,501<br>273,567|254,815<br>208,627|
|||52,934|46,188|
|Administrative<br>expenses||29,176|31,421|
|Operating<br>Profit||23,758|14,767|
|Distribution<br>paid to charity under|gift aid|7,716)||
|Retained<br>in subsidiary||16,042|14,767|
|The aggregate<br>ofassets, liabilities and funds was:||2023<br>E|2022<br>F|
|Assets||53,039|40,561|
|Liabilities||19,776|23,340|
|||33,263|17,221|
|Represented<br>by;||||
|Ordinary<br>shares of81 each<br>Profit and loss account||2<br>33,261|2<br>17,219|
|Total funds||33,263|17,221|





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||Charitable<br>activities|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||Provision of children<br>and family services|Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
||Staff costs<br>Training<br>and recruitment<br>Staff travel and subsistence|995,247<br>8,424<br>48,809|191,727<br>100<br>1,462|1,186,974<br>8,524<br>50,271|1,202,888<br>15,757<br>38,720|
||Activities,<br>materials<br>and consumables<br>Catering<br>Light and heat<br>Cleaning<br>Insurances|28,717<br>12,433<br>39,687<br>26,569<br>36,005|250,459<br>203<br>1,014|279,176<br>12,636<br>39,687<br>26,569<br>37,019|79,042<br>6,573<br>26,181<br>18,953<br>29,624|
||Rent and rates|53,455|22,344|75,799|60,669|
||Postage,<br>printing<br>and stationery<br>Telephone<br>and internet charges<br>Repairs and renewals<br>Subscriptions<br>Depreciation<br>Loss on disposal offixed assets|8,868<br>4,755<br>59,273<br>484<br>80,474<br>1,619|737<br>528<br>802|9,605<br>5,283<br>60,075<br>484<br>80,474<br>1,619|9,202<br>6,068<br>86,232<br>480<br>69,030|
||Support costs|||||
||Staff costs|215,482||215,482|215,853|
||Training<br>and recruitment<br>Staff travel and subsistence<br>Advertising<br>Postage,<br>printing<br>and stationery<br>Equipment<br>hire and maintenance<br>Bad debts|749<br>(280)<br>2,484<br>3,637<br>16,400<br>619|297<br>42<br>2,560|749<br>17<br>2,526<br>3,637<br>18,960<br>619|841<br>21<br>3,576<br>2,551<br>19,028<br>783|
||I egal and professional<br>Sundry expenses<br>Bank charges|26,306<br>294<br>6,498|2,784|29,090<br>294<br>6,498|26,976<br>2,136<br>5,689|
||Governance<br>costs|||||
||Staff costs<br>Staff travel and subsistence|12,598<br>525||12,598<br>525|12,077<br>119|
||Courses and conferences|436||436|496|
||Subscriptions<br>Auditors'<br>remuneration<br>-audit ofthe financial|7,688||7,688|8,561|
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|Net Surplus for the Year|2023<br>8|2022<br>F|
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|The net surplus<br>for the year is stated after charging:-|||
|Operating<br>leases - buildings<br>Depreciation<br>oftangible<br>fixed assets<br>Auditors<br>remuneration|44,450<br>80,474<br>7,688|32,754<br>69,030<br>8,561|



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|10|Tangible<br>Fixed Assets -|Group|Freehold<br>property|Leasehold<br>improvements|Motor<br>vehicles|Equipment|Total|
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||Cost<br>As at 1 April2022<br>Additions<br>Disposals||185,560|335,630|113,678<br>96,606<br>~24 078|312,702<br>934<br>~34,480)|947,570<br>97,540<br> ~83,338|
||As at 31 March 2023||185,560|330,830|186,206|279,156|981,752|
||Depreciation<br>As at 1 April 2022<br>Disposals<br>Charge for the year|||121,147<br>(4,800)<br>7,894|55,942<br>(14,045)<br>45,022|249,106<br>(34,480)<br>27,558|426,195<br>(53,325)<br>80,474|
||As at 31 March 2023|||124,241|86,919|242,184|453,344|
||Net Book Value|||||||
||As at 31 March 2023||185,560|206,589|99,287|36,972|528,408|
||As at 31 March 2022||185,560|214,483|57,736|63,596|521,375|
|10|Tangible<br>Fixed Assets -|Charity|Freehold<br>property|Leasehold<br>improvements|Motor<br>vehicles|Equipment|Total|
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||Cost<br>As at 1 April 2022|||314,615||168,148|482,763|
||Additions<br>Disposals|||(4,800)||34,480)|~39,286)|
||As at 31 March 2023|||309,815||133,668|443,483|
||Depreciation<br>As at 1 April 2022<br>Disposals<br>Charge for the year|||114,771<br>(4,800)<br>5,779||156,495<br>(34,480)<br>5,425|271,266<br>(39,280)<br>11,204|
||As at 31 March 2023|||115,750||127,440|243,190|
||Net Book Value|||||||
||As at 31 March 2023|||194,065||6,228|200,293|
||As at 31 March 2022|||199,844||11,653|211,497|
||Fixed Asset Investments|-Charity||||2023|2022|
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|12|Debtors|||||Group<br>31st March||31stMarch|Charity<br>31st March|31st INarch|
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||Trade debtors<br>Other debtors|||||49,289<br>26,074||41,384<br>16,732|4,591<br>5,565|1,314<br>4,384|
||Prepayments|||||41,241||30928|18768|16,769|
|||||||116,604||89,044|28,924|22,467|
|13|Creditors: Amounts|falling|due within one||year|Group<br>31stMarch||31st March|Charity<br>31st INarch|31stMarch|
|||||||2023||2022|2023|2022|
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||Trade creditors<br>Amounts<br>owed to group companies<br>Taxation and social security<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals 8deferred<br>income|||||32,573<br>21,014<br>38,606<br>201,067||25,483<br>19,386<br>74,844<br>146,287|10,991<br>138,615<br>6,645<br>8,928<br>16,702|13,412<br>223,062<br>8,644<br>11,049<br>14,949|
|||||||293,260||266,000|181,881|271,116|
||Unrestricted<br>income|relating|to services that||have not been provided||at|the balance|sheet date are reported as a||
||liability.<br>As the service is delivered|||over time|it is recognised as income|||in the SOFA.|||
|14|Creditors: Amounts|falling|due after one year|||Group<br>31stMarch||31st March|Charity<br>31st March|31stMarch|
|||||||2023||2022|2023|2022|
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|Deferred|income|comprises<br>govern|ment<br>funding<br>an|d grants received<br>in a|dvance at the end ofthe financ|ial year.|
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|Balance <br>Amount<br>Amount|as at 1st <br>received<br>released|April 2022<br>in year<br> to income earned|from charitable|activities|126,156<br>216,926<br>~152„348)||
|Balance|as at 31|March 2023|||190,734||





|16|Unrestricted<br>Funds|Balance<br>at<br>010422f|Income|Expenditure<br>6|Transfers<br>6|Balance<br>at<br>310323<br>6|
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||Designated<br>funds:<br>Building reserve<br>fund<br>Redundancy<br>reserve fund<br>Food poverty<br>fund<br>General funds|240,930<br>151,901<br>424,307<br>1,082,597|1,811332|~1,6ll8 255|10,000<br>(5,314)<br>164,536<br>~104 5001|250,930<br>146,587<br>588,843<br>1 091,174|
|||1,899,735|1,811,332|(1,698,255)|64,722|2,077,534|
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||Designated<br>funds:<br>Building reserve fund<br>Redundancy<br>reserve fund<br>Food poverty<br>fund<br>Generalfunds|210,930<br>136,421<br>270,520<br>1,049,988|1,816,573|~(1,602,361|30,000<br>15,480<br>153,787<br>~(181,603|240,930<br>151,901<br>424,307<br>1082,597|
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||Tangible fixed assets<br>Net current assets<br>Amounts<br>falling due after one year|||528,408<br>636,656<br>~73,999|986,360|445,922|528,408<br>2,068,938<br>73,890|
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|ofwhichre|lated<br>to the charit|y with expiry dates as follows:-|||
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|Plant and|Equipment||||
|Within one|year||1,558|2,596|
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|Land and|Buildings||||
|Due:<br>Not later than one year<br>Later than one year not later <br>Later than five years||than 5years|43,490<br>184,935<br>28,125|30,000<br>120,000<br>58,125|
||||256,550|208,125|
|Capital Commitments|||2023f|2022f|
|Contracted|but not provided|for||75,990|





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|Reconciliation<br>of Net|Movement<br>in Funds to Net|Cash Flow from|Operating<br>Acti|vities||
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|||31st March|31stMarch|31st March|31stMarch|
|||2023|2022|2023|2022|
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|Net movement<br>in funds||292,069|270,938|157,107|84,600|
|Add back depreciation<br>charge and loss on disposal<br>Distributions<br>paid to charity under gift aid<br>Deduct interest income<br>Decrease (increase)<br>in debtors<br>Increase (decrease)<br>in short term creditors<br>Increase (decrease)<br>in long term creditors||82,093<br>(11,176)<br>(27,560)<br>27,260<br>9,007|69,030<br>(9,457)<br>44,381<br>(78,297)<br>~47, 999|11,204<br>224,743<br>(11,176)<br>(6,457)<br>(89,235)|13,656<br>294,956<br>(9,457)<br>7,516<br>(136,426)|
|Net cash used in operating<br>activities||371,693|249,496|286,186|254,845|



