**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05898293 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1121126**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
**FOR**
## **THE SPRING CHARITY**
**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**|1|
|**Report of the Trustees**|2 to 4|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|5|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|6|
|**Statement of Financial Position**|7 to 8|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|9 to 19|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|20 to 21|
**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
**TRUSTEES** Mrs J Spiby Mr D McAlpine Cllr W A Strachen Mrs J Freeman Ms M Mundirwa Mrs J S Mann
**REGISTERED OFFICE** The Spring Charity Annex Community Centre Spring Lane Northampton NN1 2JW **REGISTERED COMPANY** 05898293 (England and Wales) **NUMBER REGISTERED CHARITY** 1121126 **NUMBER INDEPENDENT EXAMINER** Shaw Gibbs Limited Eagle House 28 Billing Road Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 5AJ
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The Charity's aims are; to benefit families in the Northampton area by the provision of activities and facilities for care, leisure and recreation; to promote social welfare by improving the conditions of life, and to benefit the public at large but especially those who are disadvantaged due to their youth, age, financial hardship or social, health or economic circumstances.
The Trustees remain confident in the future of The Spring Charity. We continue to hold sufficient reserves to sustain planned projects. The core membership trustee remains committed, enthusiastic and continue to provide a broad range of skills to give the necessary leadership and support to the flexible, skilled and dedicated staff and management of the charity.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission and believe the activities of the charity further the charity's purposes for public benefit.
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities**
This year has been another remarkable chapter in our charity's journey. We are thrilled to have welcomed new members to our team: Mona Berisha, who began as a volunteer and now serves as our Family Worker, and Sue Billingham, who has joined us as our Cleaning Operative. Our growing group of dedicated volunteers continues to offer their time and talents, enriching our work and making a meaningful impact on the lives of those we support.
We are delighted to welcome Julia Mann to our Board of Trustees. Julia brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in early years education, which will be an asset to the charity as we continue to grow and strengthen our work. Her expertise will further enhance the skills and insight of our trustee board, supporting us in making informed and effective decisions for the future.
This year has seen an important development in the leadership structure of the charity. Tracey Hamilton has stepped into the role of Chief Executive Officer, taking on a more strategic position to guide the organisation's long-term vision and growth. Supporting this change, Alice Hudson has become Charity Manager, focusing on the operational side of the organisation and taking responsibility for the day-to-day running of activities and services.
This year our core activities have continued to grow and develop, reflecting the increasing need for our services within the community. Our stay-and-play sessions have proved especially popular, with demand exceeding capacity and families now required to book to secure a space.
We are pleased to continue our strong partnership with local health visitors, offering support to their weekly clinic and ensuring families have access to essential guidance and resources.
In addition to our established services, we have expanded our programme by introducing new face-to-face sessions. This includes the Henry Project, designed to support families with healthy lifestyle choices, as well as the Solihull programme, both of which have been well received and are contributing to the breadth of support we can offer.
Our cooking sessions have been particularly successful, giving families the opportunity to learn how to prepare healthy meals. Participants are also able to take home the ingredients, encouraging them to put their new skills into practice.
We are delighted to have secured a new allotment, and our gardening project is progressing well, offering both practical skills and a sense of wellbeing to those involved. Alongside this, we have introduced lunchtime drop-in sessions for parents and their children, which have quickly become a valued space for sharing food, connection and support. Our breakfast club also continues to thrive, providing a popular and welcoming start to the day. In addition, we remain committed to offering a warm space for families and individuals in need.
This year also marked the launch of our employability programme, which has already produced inspiring results: four participants have successfully gone on to secure places at university.
We are equally pleased to welcome Home Start Northampton, who are based at our building one day a week. This collaboration has allowed us to establish a thriving Young Mums group, which is already proving to be a highly successful and supportive addition to our community activities.
This year has been marked by a number of achievements and new collaborations that have strengthened our work within the community. We were proud to have participated in the 50 Families Project, initiated by Food4Heroes, Northamptonshire Community Foundation and the local university, a longer-term project that allowed us to work alongside partners including Power of the Mind and HomeStart broadening our reach and impact.
Supporting families through times of need has remained central to our mission. Over the Christmas, Easter, and summer holidays we provided breakfast boxes, ensuring that families had access to essential food during school breaks. Alongside this, our non-food bank has offered vital help to the community, with around 80 people using the service each week.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
We were also pleased to run summer play sessions, giving children and families opportunities for fun, learning, and connection. Our Christmas present pickup has continued to grow year on year, and in 2025 we were able to provide presents to 418 families, spreading joy during the festive season. We offered a range of visits and trips for our families including cinema visits, pantomime trips, a family outing to Mini Meadows and a Summer visit to Wicksteed Park.
In addition, we worked with both Enfold, a local charity, and West Northamptonshire Council Family Learning to deliver a range of one-off courses which included neurodiversity awareness, helping to increase understanding and support for individuals with diverse needs within our community, ESOL classes, which were extremely popular and a range of behaviour management and sleep solution programmes that supplemented our extensive provision.
As Chair of Trustees, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our CEO and her dedicated team for their hard work, commitment, and achievements over the past year. Together, they have taken the charity from strength to strength, and I am confident that I speak for all of the trustees in expressing our deep appreciation for their invaluable contribution.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial Position and Reserves**
The trustees' current policy is to hold reserves of £45,000, to ensure continuity of the Charity and to allow for restructuring if required.
Unrestricted reserves held at the year end are £35,648 (2024: £49,138), restricted funds held are £53,030 (2024: £16,186) and total funds are £88,678 (2024: £65,324).
The Charity is holding restricted funds of £23,469 that will cover some of its normal charitable expenditure, and so the charity feels that it is holding sufficient funds in reserves to cover any contingency required.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
The Charity changed its name from Spring Lane out of School Club to The Spring Charity in November 2011.
## **Organisational structure**
The Charity is constituted as a registered private company limited by guarantee with Memorandum and Articles of Association. There are no trustee vacancies. The Charity is organised so that the Board of Trustees meets regularly to manage its affairs. The number of meetings has been reduced, but trustees, either in smaller quorum groups or as a whole body meet sometimes virtually, to develop procedures and policies or respond to the needs of the community it serves.
Trustees are recruited and appointed on an individual basis from representatives of the community or from representatives of the services that the charity provides to the community, are vetted by the Board and undergo DBS clearance. The committee is actively involved in the activities of the Charity and held in high esteem.
The Charity vests the overall running of the Spring Charity Venture in the appointed Senior Community Development Worker, supported by the treasurer and Chair.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 26 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Spring Charity ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Use of our Report:**
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our independent examination work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our independent examination work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
N Fox FCA
Shaw Gibbs Limited Eagle House 28 Billing Road Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 5AJ
Date: 10 December 2025
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
12,295
**Charitable activities**
4
Provision of Community facilities
10,148
Investment income
3
1,323
**Total**
23,766
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
213
**Charitable activities**
5
Provision of Community facilities
23,349
**Total**
23,562
**NET INCOME**
204
**Transfers between funds**
15
(13,694)
**Net movement in funds**
(13,490)
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
49,138
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
35,648|Restricted
funds
£
2,022
114,579
-
116,601
-
93,451
93,451
23,150
13,694
36,844
16,186
53,030|2025
Total
funds
£
14,317
124,727
1,323
140,367
213
116,800
117,013
23,354
-
23,354
65,324
88,678|2024
Total
funds
£
7,284
78,390
1,203
86,877
-
75,767
75,767
11,110
-
11,110
54,214
65,324|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 31 AUGUST 2025**
|Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
Notes
£
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
12
425
1,876
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
13
5,303
-
Cash at bank and in hand
32,930
51,154
38,233
51,154
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
14
(3,010)
-
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
35,223
51,154
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
35,648
53,030
**NET ASSETS**
35,648
53,030
**FUNDS**
15
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|2025
Total
funds
£
2,301
5,303
84,084
89,387
(3,010)
86,377
88,678
88,678
35,648
53,030
88,678|2024
Total
funds
£
2,354
1,830
87,691
89,521
(26,551)
62,970
65,324
65,324
49,138
16,186
65,324|
|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION - continued 31 AUGUST 2025**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 26 November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The presentational currency is pounds sterling (£).
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Government Grants**
Government grants are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are received.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Toys & Equipment - 33% on cost Computer and office equipment - 33% on cost
Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Where parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items of property, plant and equipment. Items under £200 are not capitalized.
Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each balance sheet date. The selection of these residual values and estimated lives requires the exercise of judgement. The directors are required to assess whether there is an indication of impairment to the carrying value of assets. In making that assessment, judgements are made in estimating value in use. The directors consider that the individual carrying values of assets are supportable by their value in use.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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**THE SPRING CHARITY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **Financial Instruments**
Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash at banks and in hand and short term deposits with an original maturity date of three months or less.
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income under administrative expenses.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all of its financial liabilities.
## **Significant Judgements and Estimates**
The preparation of financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the company accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed within the individual accounting policies above.
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Donations
**3.**
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Deposit account interest|2025
£
14,317
2025
£
1,323||2024
£
7,284
2024
£
1,203|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **4. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Contribution towards Annex
Grants and contracted services
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
National Lottery
Northamptonshire County Council - Nursery funding
Grow Eat Cook - Hope Centre
Global's Make Some Noise
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Food4Heroes Fund
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Anchor Community
Connection Fund
Sainsburys Helping Everyone Eat Better Fund
Happy to Help CIC Communites Fund
West Northants Council - Household Support Fund
Northants Community Aid
Avon
Stronger Starts
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Mercedes
Neighbourly
TK Max
Northampton Municipal Church
Northampton Town Council
Connect Northamptonshire
**5.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Direct
Costs (see
note 6)
£
Provision of Community facilities
97,110|2025
Provision
of
Community
facilities
£
4,123
120,604
124,727
2025
£
43,000
23,469
1,499
28,000
-
-
-
-
9,492
2,000
1,389
500
4,200
500
730
500
195
630
4,500
120,604
Support
costs (see
note 7)
£
19,690|2024
Total
activities
£
7,219
71,171
78,390
2024
£
43,000
-
1,358
14,000
3,056
1,499
1,500
300
6,458
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
71,171
Totals
£
116,800|
|---|---|---|
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **6. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Staff costs
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Staff costs
Training
Breakfast, lunches and snacks
Equipment & project costs
Travel expenses
Cleaning
Memberships and subscriptions
Group Work
Catering|2025
£
57,023
2,542
599
43
2,948
4,310
21,179
547
382
673
6,805
59
97,110|2024
£
33,773
878
100
-
1,510
1,909
2,857
78
7,071
2,635
10,837
498|
|---|---|---|
|||62,146|
## **7. SUPPORT COSTS**
|Management
£
Provision of Community facilities
11,900|Governance
Finance
costs
£
£
2,013
5,777|Totals
£
19,690|
|---|---|---|
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:
## **Management**
|2025
Provision
of
Community
facilities
£
Premises utilities
3,037
Telephone
848
Advertising
243
Premises expenses
7,772
11,900
**Finance**
2025
Provision
of
Community
facilities
£
Professional fees
608
Bank charges
60
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
1,345
2,013|2024
Total
activities
£
2,611
740
12
3,795
7,158
2024
Total
activities
£
209
48
1,452
1,709|
|---|---|
## **Finance**
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **7. SUPPORT COSTS - continued Governance costs**
|**SUPPORT COSTS - continued**
**Governance costs**|||
|---|---|---|
||2025|2024|
||Provision||
||of||
||Community|Total|
||facilities|activities|
||£|£|
|Independent Examiner fees|3,866|3,468|
|Accountancy and legal fees|1,911|1,286|
||5,777|4,754|
## **8. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
|Independent examiner fees
Independent examiner fees - payroll bureau and QBO subs
Depreciation - owned assets|2025
£
2,250
1,616
1,346|2024
£
2,424
1,044
1,452|
|---|---|---|
## **9. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
During the year no expenses were reimbursed to trustees for expenses paid for on behalf of the charity (2024: £2,166 paid to one Trustee).
## **10. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and salaries
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Annex|2025
£
55,104
1,919
57,023
2025
4|2024
£
32,971
802
33,773
2024
4|
|---|---|---|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
Total trustee and key management personnel remuneration for the year was £44,333 (2024: £15,701).
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
|**11.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
6,430
854
**Charitable activities**
Provision of Community facilities
7,520
70,870
Investment income
1,203
-
**Total**
15,153
71,724
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Provision of Community facilities
15,410
60,357
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(257)
11,367
**Transfers between funds**
(417)
417
**Net movement in funds**
(674)
11,784
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
49,812
4,402
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
49,138
16,186
**12.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Computer
and
Toys &
office
Equipment
equipment
£
£
**COST**
At 1 September 2024
3,000
3,025
Additions
-
1,293
At 31 August 2025
3,000
4,318
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 September 2024
2,517
1,154
Charge for year
483
863
At 31 August 2025
3,000
2,017
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 August 2025
-
2,301
At 31 August 2024
483
1,871|Total
funds
£
7,284
78,390
1,203
86,877
75,767
11,110
-
11,110
54,214
65,324
Totals
£
6,025
1,293
7,318
3,671
1,346
5,017
2,301
2,354|
|---|---|
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**THE SPRING CHARITY**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income||2025
£
4,265
1,038
5,303
2025
£
466
159
2,385
3,010|2024
£
60
1,770
1,830
2024
£
450
23,762
2,339
26,551|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
## **14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
## **15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1/9/24
in funds
funds
£
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
49,138
204
(13,694)
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
-
(12,637)
12,637
ST Giles Fund
805
(492)
-
Community growing and cooking
project
547
986
-
Family Support Health and Wellbeing
Project
5,841
8,968
-
50 Families
2,873
(468)
-
Family Breakfast Club Fund
1,352
(863)
863
Amazon Fund
855
-
-
Non Food Bank
3,913
(2,130)
-
Connect Northamptonshire
-
4,500
-
Christmas gifts
-
(194)
194
Northants Community Aid
-
980
-
Avon - support after domestic abuse
-
1,031
-
Early years support
-
23,469
-
16,186
23,150
13,694
**TOTAL FUNDS**
65,324
23,354
-|At
31/8/25
£
35,648
-
313
1,533
14,809
2,405
1,352
855
1,783
4,500
-
980
1,031
23,469
53,030
88,678|
|---|---|
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## **15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
ST Giles Fund
Community growing and cooking
project
Family Support Health and Wellbeing
Project
50 Families
Family Breakfast Club Fund
Non Food Bank
Connect Northamptonshire
Christmas gifts
Northants Community Aid
Avon - support after domestic abuse
Early years support
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
23,766
43,000
-
1,499
28,000
-
2,000
10,013
4,500
731
2,000
1,389
23,469
116,601
140,367|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(23,562)
204
(55,637)
(12,637)
(492)
(492)
(513)
986
(19,032)
8,968
(468)
(468)
(2,863)
(863)
(12,143)
(2,130)
-
4,500
(925)
(194)
(1,020)
980
(358)
1,031
-
23,469
(93,451)
23,150
(117,013)
23,354|
|---|---|---|
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1/9/23
in funds
funds
£
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
49,812
(257)
(417)
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
2,597
(3,013)
416
ST Giles Fund
1,805
(1,000)
-
Community growing and cooking
project
-
547
-
Family Support Health and Wellbeing
Project
-
5,841
-
50 Families
-
2,873
-
Family Breakfast Club Fund
-
1,352
-
Amazon Fund
-
855
-
Non Food Bank
-
3,913
-
Sainsburys Fund
-
(1)
1
4,402
11,367
417
**TOTAL FUNDS**
54,214
11,110
-|At
31/8/24
£
49,138
-
805
547
5,841
2,873
1,352
855
3,913
-
16,186
65,324|
|---|---|
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## **15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|15,152|(15,409)|(257)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|National Lottery|43,000|(46,013)|(3,013)|
|ST Giles Fund|-|(1,000)|(1,000)|
|Community growing and cooking||||
|project|1,358|(811)|547|
|Family Support Health and Wellbeing||||
|Project|14,000|(8,159)|5,841|
|50 Families|3,056|(183)|2,873|
|Family Breakfast Club Fund|1,499|(147)|1,352|
|Amazon Fund|855|-|855|
|Non Food Bank|6,457|(2,544)|3,913|
|Sainsburys Fund|1,500|(1,501)|(1)|
||71,725|(60,358)|11,367|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|86,877|(75,767)|11,110|
## **General Funds**
Available to be used for any charity use and expenditure.
## **ST Giles Fund**
Funding received from the St Giles Charitable Trust to provide experience with age appropriate IT, for young children at home in the Castle Ward area of Northampton Town, and children in key stages 1 & 2 at school, where such equipment is limited.
The balance on the fund includes IT equipment which will be depreciated over their remaining life.
## **National Lottery Community Fund - RC Midlands Region**
This is a National Lottery funded project given to 1. Enabling families in ‘hard to reach’ communities, that have not been supported previously, to enjoy the same outcomes and impacts as the other families that the Charity support, and 2. Improving the inclusion of families from marginalised and disadvantaged sections of the community through involvement in group activities. Other key aims of the project are to enable friendships to establish, increase confidence in self and child rearing, enable joint participation in community activities and projects and to improve wellbeing, confidence, and mental health.
## **Cookery Equipment**
This project is funded by the Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire, and provides funding for tabletop stoves and hand food mixers that would be used for cookery session to enable the organisation to provide long-term, sustainable approach to addressing food poverty.
## **Community growing and cooking project**
This project is funded by The Hope Centre Cook Grow Eat project and is to assist in establishing the community growing and cooking project.
## **Cookery Development Space**
This project is funded by the Clothworkers, to develop the kitchen space within the Charity.
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## **Henry Project**
This project is funded by the Forterra Community Fund, for training and delivery of the Henry project, helping families be healthy.
## **Family Support and Wellbeing project**
Funding provided by Global's Make Some Noise Charity for the increase in family provision, funding Family Support worker.
## **50 Families - Food4Heroes**
Funding provided by NCF, to set up a long term healthy eating project.
## **Breakfast Club Project**
Funding from NCF Anchor Fund, to cover breakfast club equipment.
## **Amazon Fund**
Funding of £500 to support family provision, and £355 funding to support pre-school provision.
## **Non Food Bank Project**
Funding provided by WNC for the non-food household bank (distribution of non food items).
## **Sainsburys Fund**
Funding for the set up of a family breakfast club Monday to Friday and to provide holiday breakfast packs.
## **Connect Northamptonshire (HEG)**
Funding provided to support a young mums start up group.
## **Christmas Gifts**
Donation received from Lidl to provide a present pick for the local community.
## **Northants Community Aid**
Grant of £2,000 towards the development of a healthy family cookery programme.
## **Avon - support after domestic abuse**
Funding provided in line with the professional pathways programme, to support women post domestic abuse.
## **Early Years Support**
This grant was originally for the 2-year-olds education. The surplus fees from when the Nursery had to close. It will now be reinvested into early years support and the core costs of the school readiness programme.
## **Transfers between funds**
Transfers between restricted funds and the General is to cover for the overspend in the year.
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## **16. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
One trustee was responsible for £nil (2024: £5,854) of room hire income for the year.
During the year Trustees made donations of £500 to the charity.
## **17. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY**
The charity is under the control of its trustees.
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