2023-03-31-accounts

				Page
Reference and administrative		details
Chief Executive's statement
Trustees' report				3-12
Trustees' responsibilities statement				13
Independent auditor's	report	on the financial statements		14-17
Consolidated statement	offinancial		activities	18
Consolidated balance	sheet			19
Charity balance sheet				20
Consolidated statement	ofcash flows			21
Notes to the financial statements				22-44

Trustees			J Prendergast,	J Prendergast,	Chairman	Chairman	Chairman
			DJ Entwisle (resigned				2August 2022)
			EPatience
			M JWood	(resigned		24		January 2023)
			SA McLoughlin
			A M Watson
			H Alderson	(resigned			2 August 2022)
			A R Muffitt
			R Boston (appointed			21		March 2023)
			BJ Fitzgerald (appointed					21 March 2023)
			SA Smith	(appointed			21 March 2023)
Company	registered
number			04827255
Charity registered
number			1119143
Registered		office	The Linskill	Centre
			I inskill Terrace
			North Shields
			NE30 2AY
Chief executive officer			S Ripley
Independent		auditor	UNW LLP
			Chartered	Accountants
			Citygate
			StJames'	Boulevard
			Newcastle	upon	Tyne
			NE1 4JE
Bankers			Unity Trust	Bank pic
			4 Brindley	Place
			Birmingham
			B12JB
Solicitors			Muckle LLP
			Time Central
			32 Gallowgate
			Newcastle	upon	Tyne
			Tyne and Wear
			NE1 4SN

			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
			funds	funds	funds	funds
			2023	2023	2023	2022
		Note			F
Income from:
Donations and legacies			10,064	233,074	243,138	294,906
Charitable activities			1,156,365		1,156,365	1,045,301
Other trading activities			398,566		398,566	273,059
Total income			1,564,995	233,074	1,798,069	1,613,266
Expenditure on:
Raising funds			298,676		298,676	226,090
Charitable activities			1,260,240	253,678	1,513,918	1,341,824
Total expenditure			1,558,916	253,678	1,812,594	1,567,914
Net (losses)/gains	on investments	13	(4,750)		(4,750)	10,121
Net movement in	funds		1,329	(20,604)	(19,275)	55,473
Reconciliation of	funds:
Total funds brought	forward		553,313	702,150	1,255,463	1,199,990
Net movement in funds			1,329	(20,604)	(19,275)	55,473
Total funds carried forward			554,642	681,546	1,236,188	1,255,463

				2023		2022
		Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets		12		1,001,128		924,762
Investments		13		144,222		148,972
				1,145,350		1,073,734
Current assets
Stocks		14	7,326		5,318
Debtors		15	104,629		55,811
Cash at bank and	in hand		355,589		450,572
			467,544		511,701
Creditors: amounts	falling due within one
year		16	(227,124)		(154,263)
Net current assets				240,420		357,438
Total assets less	current liabilities			1,385,770		1,431,172
Creditors: amounts	falling due after more
than one year		17		(139,342)		(175,709)
Provisions for liabilities		18		(10,240)
Total net assets				1,236,188		1,255,463
Charity funds
Restricted funds		19		681,546		702,150
Unrestricted funds		19		554,642		553,313
Total funds				1,236,188		1,255,463

		Note		2023f		2022
Fixed assets
Tangible assets		12		947,232		881,214
Investments		13		144,223		148,972
				1,091,455		1,030,186
Current assets
Debtors		15	74,955		52,506
Cash at bank and	in hand		272,183		386,224
			347,138		438,730
Creditors: amounts	falling due within one
year		16	(217,871)		(138,890)
Net current assets				129,267		299,840
Total assets less	current liabilities			1,220,722		1,330,026
Creditors: amounts	falling due after more
than one year		17		(139,342)		(175,709)
Total net assets				1,081,380		1,154,317
Charity funds
Restricted funds		19		681,546		702,150
Unrestricted funds		19		399,834		452,167
Total funds				1,081,380		1,154,317

					2023	2022
					F
Net cash used in operating	activities				148,672	173,138
Cash flows from investing		activities
Purchase oftangible fixed assets					(233,212)	(205,636)
Net cash used in investing		activities			(233,212)	(205,636)
Cash flows from financing		activities
Cash inflows from new borrowing					107,150	107,000
Repayments of borrowing					(117,593)	(62,344)
Net cash (used in)/provided		by financing		activities	(10,443)	44,656
Change in cash and cash		equivalents	in	the year	(94,983)	12,158
Cash and cash equivalents		at the beginning		ofthe year	450,572	438,414
Cash and cash equivalents		at the end of		the year	355,589	450,572
The notes on pages 22 to 44 form part ofthese financial statements

			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
			funds	funds	funds
			2023	2023	2023
Donations			10,064		10,064
Grants receivable				233,074	233,074
Total donations		and legacies	10,064	233,074	243,138
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
			funds	funds	funds
			2022	2022	2022
				F
Donations			1,918		1,918
Grants receivable				282,984	282,984
Government	grants		10,004		10,004
Total donations		and legacies	11,922	282,984	294,906

	Unrestricted	Total	Total
	funds	funds	funds
	2023	2023	2022
Room hire	279,020	279,020	313,196
Nursery income	834,021	834,021	670,752
Fundraising	681	681	480
Solar panels	4,688	4,688	4,579
Consultancy	6,082	6,082	2,157
Miscellaneous	31,873	31,873	54,137
Total 2023	1,156,365	1,156,365	1,045,301

	Unrestricted	Total	Total
	funds	funds	funds
	2023	2023	2022
Rental provision	230,536	230,536	177,686
Catering income	123,769	123,769	74,589
Private events	44,261	44,261	11,328
Other income			9,456
Total2023	398,566	398,566	273,059

				Activities
				undertaken	Support	Total
				directly	costs	funds
				2023	2023	2023
						F
Expenditure	on	charitable	activities	1,472,086	41,832	1,513,918

				Activities
				undertaken	Support	Total
				directly	costs	funds
				2022	2022	2022
				F
Expenditure	on	charitable	activities	1,306,889	34,935	1,341,824

			Other
		Governance	support	Total
		costs	costs	funds
		2023	2023	2023
		E	F
Interest			2,491	2,491
Other			3,282	3,282
Audit and accountancy fees		15,000		15,000
Legal and other professional	costs		21,059	21,059
Total 2023		15,000	26,832	41,832

				Other
			Governance	support	Total
			costs	costs	funds
			2022	2022	2022
			F
Interest				1,659	1,659
Other				3,696	3,696
Audit and accountancy	fees		7,100		7,100
Legal and other professional		costs		22,480	22,480
Total 2022			7,100	27,835	34,935

Net incomin	g/ou	tgoing resources
			2023	2022
Audit fees			15,000	7,100
Other non-audit		services	3,000	1,500
Depreciation	of	fixed assets	156,846	147,537
			174,846	156,137

Staff costs
				Group	Group	Charity	Charity
				2023	2022	2023	2022
							F
Wages and	salaries			903,248	800,126	741,599	670,369
Social security costs				54,175	38,891	54,175	38,891
Contribution	to defined	contribution	pension
schemes				33,924	29,799	33,924	29,799
				991,347	868,816	829,698	739,059

				Group	Group
				2023	2022
				No.	No.
Management				6
Engaged	in	charitable	activities	58
				64	61

	Long-term
	leasehold	Fixtures and	Office	Computer
	property f	fittings	equipment E	equipment	Total
Cost
At 1 April 2022	676,293	926,004	2,766	49,559	1,654,622
Additions		225,299		7,913	233,212
At 31 March 2023	676,293	1,151,303	2,766	57,472	1,887,834
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022	320,643	370,826	1,088	37,303	729,860
Charge for the year	47,644	100,048	252	8,902	156,846
At 31 March 2023	368,287	470,874	1,340	46,205	886,706
Net book value
At 31 March 2023	308,006	680,429	1,426	11,267	1,001,128
At 31 March 2022	355,650	555,178	1,678	12,256	924,762

	Long-term
	leasehold	Fixtures and	Office	Computer
	property	fittings	equipmentf	equipment	Total f.
Cost
At 1 April 2022	676,293	816,906	2,766	49,559	1,545,524
Additions		206,368		7,913	214,281
At 31 March 2023	676,293	1,023,274	2,766	57,472	1,759,805
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022	320,642	305,277	1,088	37,303	664,310
Charge for the year	47,645	91,464	252	8,902	148,263
At 31 March 2023	368,287	396,741	1,340	46,205	812,573
Net book value
At 31 March 2023	308,006	626,533	1,426	11,267	947,232
At 31 March 2022	355,651	511,629	1,678	12,256	881,214

	Listed
	investments
Group
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2022	148,972
Revaluations	(4,750)
At 31 March 2023	144,222
Net book value
At 31 March 2023	144,222
At 31 March 2022	148,972

	Investments
	in
	subsidiary	Listed
Charity	companies f	investments F	Total
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2022	1	148,971	148,972
Revaluations		(4,749)	(4,749)
At 31 March 2023	1	144,222	144,223
Net book value
At 31 March 2023	1	144,222	144,223
At 31 March 2022	1	148,971	148,972

14.	Stocks
							Group	Group
							2023f	2022
	Raw materials			and consumables			7,326	5,318
15.	Debtors
					Group	Group	Charity	Charity
					2023	2022	2023	2022
					F		E
	Trade debtors				91,576	51,387	63,271	33,950
	Amounts	owed		by group undertakings				14,132
	Prepayments		and accrued income		13,053	4,424	11,684	4,424
					104,629	55,811	74,955	52,506

				Group	Group	Charity	Charity
				2023	2022	2023	2022
				F	E	E	E
Bank loans				27,603	8,706	27,603	8,706
Other loans (note 17)				19,423	12,396	19,423	12,396
Trade creditors				13,286	27,000	11,233	24,902
Amounts	owed to group undertakings					8,144
Other taxation and		social security		25,945	19,533	17,995	17,986
Accruals	and deferred income			140,867	86,628	133,473	74,900
				227,124	154,263	217,871	138,890
				Group	Group	Charity	Charity
				2023	2022	2023	2022
					F	E
Deferred	income at 1 April 2022			63,285	49,254	52,972	46,430
Resources deferred		during the year		98,079	63,285	86,541	52,972
Amounts	released	from previous	periods	(63,285)	(49,254)	(52,972)	(46,430)
				98,079	63,285	86,541	52,972

		Group	Group	Charity	Charity
		2023	2022	2023	2022
		E	F	E	F
Bank	loans	120,049	41,294	120,049	41,294
Other	loans	19,293	134,415	19,293	134,415
		139,342	175,709	139,342	175,709

18.	Deferred taxation	Deferred taxation
	Group
			2023
			F
	At the beginning	ofthe year	10,240
			10,240

The deferred tax liability is made up as follows:
	Group	Group
	2023	2022
	F	F
Fixed asset timing differences	10,240

Statemen	t offu	nds - curren	t year
							Balance at
			Balance at 1			Gains/	31 March
			April 2022 E	Income	Expenditure	(Losses)	2023f
General	funds		553,313	1,564,995	(1,558,916)	(4,750)	554,642
Restricted funds
Big build			320,036		(48,005)		272,031
Shedders			97,445	(3,701)	(27,449)		66,295
Refurbishments		8
environmental		upgrades	148,956	102,979	(26,404)		225,531
Covid-19	support		1,525		(858)		667
Community development			36,954	56,595	(56,812)		36,737
Children	8 young	people	38,086	63,892	(53,867)		48,111
Marketing			48,584		(24,647)		23,937
Small capital grants			10,564	13,309	(15,636)		8,237
			702,150	233,074	(253,678)		681,546
Total of	funds		1,255,463	1,798,069	(1,812,594)	(4,750)	1,236,188

Statemen	t offu	nds	- prior y	ear
								Balance at
				Balance at			Gains/	31 March
				1 April 2021	Income f	Expenditure	(Losses)	2022
Designated funds
Building				100,000		(100,000)
General	funds
General	funds			411,061	1,330,282	(1,198,151)	10,121	553,313
Total unrestricted			funds	511,061	1,330,282	(1,298,151)	10,121	553,313
Restricted funds
Big build				398,098		(78,062)		320,036
Shedders				103,753	21,778	(28,086)		97,445
Refurbishments		8
environmental		upgrades		95,959	72,000	(19,003)		148,956
Covid-19	support			2,359		(834)		1,525
Community development				49,554	58,792	(71,392)		36,954
Children	&young	people		20,546	83,549	(66,009)		38,086
Marketing				5,941	46,865	(4,222)		48,584
Small capital grants				12,719		(2,155)		10,564
				688,929	282,984	(269,763)		702,150
Total of	funds			1,199,990	1,613,266	(1,567,914)	10,121	1,255,463

Analysis Analysis	ofnet assets between funds ofnet assets between funds - current	year
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds	funds
		2023f	2023 E	2023 E
Tangible fixed assets		435,819	565,309	1,001,128
Fixed asset investments		144,222		144,222
Current assets		351,307	116,237	467,544
Creditors	due within one year	(227,124)		(227,124)
Creditors	due in more than one year	(139,342)		(139,342)
Provisions	for liabilities and charges	(10,240)		(10,240)
Total		554,642	681,546	1,236,188

Analysis ofnet assets between	funds - prior year
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds	funds
		2022	2022	2022
Tangible fixed assets		403,797	520,965	924,762
Fixed asset investments		148,972		148,972
Current assets		330,516	181,185	511,701
Creditors due within one year		(154,263)		(154,263)
Creditors due in more than one year		(175,709)		(175,709)
		553,313	702,150	1,255,463

					Group	Group
					2023	2022
					f.
Net income/expenditure		for the year (as per Statement		ofFinancial
Activities)					(19,275)	55,473
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges					156,846	147,537
Losses/(gains) on	investments				4,750	(10,121)
(Increase)/decrease	in	stocks			(2,008)	(1,552)
(Increase)/decrease	in	debtors			(48,818)	(12,703)
(Decrease)/increase	in	creditors			57,177	(5,496)
Net cash provided	by	operating	activities		148,672	173,138

			Group	Group
			2023	2022
Cash	in	hand	355,589	450,572

					Other non-
			At 1 April		cash	At 31 March
			2022	Cash flows	changes	2023
Cash	at bank and	in hand	450,572	(94,983)		355,589
Debt	due within 1	year	(21,102)	(15,577)	(10,347)	(47,026)
Debt	due after 1 year		(175,709)	(2,956)	39,323	(139,342)
			253,761	(113,516)	28,976	169,221