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2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees Mrs AS Marsland Mrs AS Marsland MBE (Chair)
Mr H Biddell
Dr R M Husssy CB,OBE,DL
Mr P LDevice
Mr P KSood
Mrs S Fletcher
Dr H Willows
Mr0Alake
Mr Nl Atkinson
Ms J Martin
Managing Director Ms J Gusrrier
Director of Literature Ms K Clarke
Director of Finance, Governance 8 Ms V Hopton
Commercial Planning
Charity number (England and Wales) 1126806
Charity number (Scotland) SC043054
Company number 06607389
Registered office Ths Mansion House
Calderstones Park
Live rpoo I
Merseyside
L183JB
Auditor Xeinadin
Audit
Limited
2 Hilliards
Court
Chester Business Park
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 9QP
Bankers Santandsr
UK Pic
Bridle Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L304GB

Page
Chairman's statement 1-3
Trustees' report 4-20
Statement ofTrustees' responslbllltles 21
Independent
auditor's
report 22-25
Statement offinancial activities 26
Balance sheet 27
Statement ofcash flows
Notes to the financial statements 30-49

We grow accustomed
to the Dark
We grow accustomed
to the Dark-
When
Light is put away-
As when the Neighbor
holds the Lamp
To witness her Good bys-
A Moment - Ws uncertain
step
For newness
ofthe night-
Then fit our Vision to ths Dark-
And meet ths Road - erect-
And so of larger- Darknesses-
Those Evenings ofthe Brain-
Whsn not a Moon disdose a sign-
Or Star - come out - within-
The Bravest - grope a little-
And sometimes
hit a Tree
Directly
In the Forsheed-
But as they leam to sse-
Either the Darkness alters-
Or something
In the sight
Adjusts
itself to Midnight-
And Life steps almost straight.
Emily Dickinson

Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds funds
Notes 2023 2023 2022
6
2022f 2022
E
Income and endowments from.
Donations
and
legades 1,435,503 225 1,435,728 1,152,633 1,152,633
Charitable
activities
783,133 543,631 1,326,764 847,779 901,618 1,749,397
Other trading
activities
1,471,576 1,471,576 1,161,356 1,161,356
Investments 2,091 2,091 659 659
Other Income 5,214 5,214
Total income 3,697,517 543,856 4,241,373 3,162,427 901,618 4,064,045
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Raising funds 8 1,439,377 1,439,377 995,118 995,118
Charitable
activities
9 2,928,916 543,856 3,472,772 2,300,756 901,618 3,202,374
Totalresources
expended 4,368,293 543,856 4,912,149 3,295,874 901,618 4,197,492
Net outgoing
resources before
transfers (670,776) (670,776) (133,447) (133,447)
Gross transfers between
funds 205,732 (205,732) 204,807 (204,807)
Net expenditure for the year/
Net movement In funds (465,044) (205,732) (670,776) 71,360 (204,807) (133,447)
Fund balances at 1 April
2022 1,498,962 5,030,754 6,529,716 1,427,605 5,235,560 6,663,165
Fund balances at 31
March 2023 1,033,918 4,825,022 5,858,940 1,498,965 5,030,753 6,529,718

2023 2022
Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 15 5,081,355 5,338,789
Current assets
Stocks 17 28,227 22,048
Debtors 18 327,119 466,171
Cash at bank and In hand 1,196,246 1,688,965
1,551,592 2,177,184
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 20 (774,007) (986,255)
Net current assets 777,585 1,190,929
Total assets less current liabilities 5,858,940 6,529,718
Income funds
Restricted funds 24 4,825,022 5,030,753
Unrestricted funds 25 1,033,918 1,498,965
5,858,940 6,529,718

2023 2022
Notes 6 6
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 15 5,081,355 5,338,789
Investments 16 1 1
5,081,356 5,338,790
Current assets
Debtors falling due within one year 19 554,981 663,937
Cash at bank and in hand 776,570 1,384,099
1,331,551 2,048,036
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 21 (530,824) (857,108)
Net current assets 800,727 1,190,928
Total assets less current liabilities 5,882,083 6,486,757
income funds
Restricted funds 24 4,825,021 5,030,753
Unrestricted
funds
26 1,057,062 1,498,965
5,882,083 6,529,718

2023 2022
Notes 6 6
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash absorbed
by operations
(459,562) (794,407)
Investing activities
Purchase oftangible
fixed assets
(38,878) (29,818)
Proceeds on disposal oftangible fixed
assets 3,630 5,428
Interest received 2,091 659
Net cash used in investing activities (33,157) (23,731)
Financing activities
Net cash used In financing activities
Net decrease
in cash and
cash equivalents (492,719) (818,138)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning ofyear 1,688,965 2,507,103
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 1,196,246 1,688,965

Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted
funds funds funds
2023
6
2023
E
2023f 2022
Donations and gifts 14,109 225 14,334 28,940
Grants receivable for core activities 1,421,394 1,421,394 1,123,693
1,435,503 225 1,435,728 1,152,633
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted
funds funds funds
2023 2023 2023 2022
Grants receivable for core activities
Esmee Fairbaim Foundation 25,933
Arts Council England National Porffolio Office 178,220 178,220 178,220
People's Postcode Lottery 1,243, 174 1,243,174 879,072
CJRS grant 468
Tudor Trust 40,000
1,421,394 1,421,394 1,123,693

Shared Storybarn Total Shared Storybam Total
reading 2023 reading 2022
2023 2023 2022 2022
2 s E 0
Commissions
&
Training 674,410 674,410 751,144 751,144
Grants 543,631 543,631 901,618 901,618
Events income 14,725 93,998 108,723 20,682 75,953 96,635
1,232,766 93,998 1,326,764 1,673,444 75,953 1,749,397
Analysis
by fund
Unrestricted
funds
689,135 93,998 783,133 771,826 75,953 847,779
Restricted funds 543,631 543,631 901,618 901,618
1,232,766 93,998 1,326,764 1,673,444 75,953 1,749,397
Grants related to charitable activities
The Garfield Weston
Foundation 143,776 143,776
Knowsley
CCG
18,030 18,030 17,729 17,729
National
Lottery
Community
Fund
48,635 48,635
National
Lottery
Heritage
Fund 119,700 119,700
Reading Retreat 26,555 26,555
City Bridge 25,457 25,457 23,540 23,540
BBCChildren
In
Need 29,915 29,915
Esmee Fairbam
Foundation 51,863 51,863
Steve Morgan
Foundation
and
the Department
for
Digital, Culture, Media &
Sport 248,917 248,917 290,050 290,050
St Monica's Trust
Community
Impact
9,085 9,085
Somerset County Council 33,051 33,051 41,586 41,586
Steve Morgan
Foundation
137,953 137,953
Unwin Charitable Trust 30,000 30,000
The Charity of Sir Richard
Whittington 6,432 6,432 19,104 19,104
Others 26,404 26,404 97,467 97,467
543,631 543,631 901,618 901,618

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2023 2022
6
Cafe,ice-cream parlour and other income 1,471,576 1,161,356
6 Income from investments
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2023 2022
6
Interest receivable 2,091 659
7 Other income
Unrestricted Total
funds
2023f 2022
Insurance claim 5,214
8 Raising funds
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2023 2022
T~Ch
Operating costs 742,315 514,098
Other staff costs 2,607 2,233
Staff costs 694,455 478,787
Trading costs 1,439,377 995,118

9 Charitable
a
ctivities
Shared Storybarn Total Shared Storybam Total
reading 2023 reading 2022
2023 2023 2022 2022
6 6 6
Staff costs 2,080,548 110,286 2,190,834 1,748,212 85,707 1,833,919
Depreciation and
impairment 44,528 44,528 60,706 60,706
Other expenditure 363,446 25,072 388,518 434,683 22,225 456,908
2,443,994 179,886 2,623,880 2,182,895 168,638 2,351,533
Share of support costs (see
note 10) 776,881 58,475 835,356 804,871 33,536 838,407
Share ofgovernance
(see note 10)
costs 12,589 947 13,536 12,097 337 12,434
3,233,464 239,308 3,472,772 2,999,863 202,511 3,202,374
Analysis
by
fund
Unrestricted funds 2,689,608 239,308 2,928,916 2,098,245 202,511 2,300,756
Restricted funds 543,856 543,856 901,618 901,618
3,233,464 239,308 3,472,772 2,999,863 202,511 3,202,374
10 Support costs
Support
Governance
2023 Support Governance 2022
costs costs costs costs
6 6 6
Staff costs 371,383 371,383 384,460 384,460
Depreciation 248,152 248,152 220,457 220,457
Other costs 215,821 215,821 233,490 233,490
Audit fess 9,563 9,563 9,000 9,000
Accountancy 3,187 3,187 3,000 3,000
Trustee expenses 786 786 435 435
835,356 13,536 848,891 838,407 12,435 850,842
Analysed
between
Charitable
activities
835,356 13,536 848,892 838,407 12,434 850,841

The average
monthly
number
ofemployees
during the year
was:
2023 2022
Number Number
Shared Reading 99 93
Support Services 10 13
Storybam 13 10
Calderstones
Mansion
House CIC 53 35
Total 175 151
Employment
costs
2023
f
2022
f
Wages and salaries 2,889,912 2,416,442
Social security costs 217,442 160,474
Other pension costs 149,318 120,250
3,256,672 2,697,166

14 Calderstones Calderstones Mansion House CIC
Asummary of the results ofthe subsidiary Is shown below: 2023 2022
6
Income 1,420,481 1,092,156
Expenditure (1,443,627) (1,092,156)
(23,146)
Aggregate assets and liabilities
Current assets 480,147 348,999
Current
liabilities
(503,292) (348,998)
(23,145)
15 Tangible fixed assets Tangible fixed assets - Group and Company
Leasehold Fixtures and Computers Total
Improvements fittings
6
Cost
At 1 April 2022 4,919,542 1,306,923 38,284 6,264,749
Additions 36,277 2,601 38,878
Disposals (3,630) (3,630)
At 31 March 2023 4,915,912 1,343,200 40,885 6,299,997
Depreciation and Impairment
At 1 April 2022 510,880 386,187 28,896 925,963
Depreciation charged in the year 134,215 151,529 6,935 292,679
At 31 March 2023 645,095 537,716 35,831 1,218,642
Carrying
amount
At 31 March 2023 4,270,817 805,484 5,054 5,081,355
At 31 March 2022 4,408,665 920,737 9,387 5,338,789

17 Stocks - Group
2023f 2022f
Goods for resale 28,227
18 Debtors - Group
Amounts
falling due
within one year: 2023f 2022f
Trade debtors 132,860 83,596
Other debtors 32,091 238,390
Prepayments
and accrued income
162,168 144,185
327,119 466,171
19 Debtors - Charity
Amounts
falling due
within one year: 2023f 2022
f
Trade debtors 107,704 62,561
Amounts
owed by subsidiary
undertakings 260,106 219,851
Other debtors 32,091 238,390
Prepayments
and accrued income
155,080 143,135
554,981 663,937
20 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year - Group
Notes 2023f 2022f
Other taxation
and social security
50,435 28,060
Deferred income 561,809 711,376
Trade creditors 127,922 191,034
Other creditors 4,057 2,664
Accruals 29,784 53,121
774,007 986,255

21 Creditors:amounts
falling
Creditors:amounts
falling
due within one year - Charity due within one year - Charity due within one year - Charity due within one year - Charity
2023 2022
Notes 6
Deferred income 23 433,334 653,846
Trade creditors 82,147 161,837
Other creditors 2,202 1,721
Accruals and deferred
income
13,141 39,704
530,824 857,108
22 Deferred Income - Group
2023 2022
6
Other deferred
Income
561,809 711,376
Deferred income is induded in the financlal statements as follows:
2023 2022
6
Balance at 1 Aprfi 2022 711,376 1,111,043
Amounts received
in year
1,955,055 1,674,109
Amounts credited to statement offinancial activities (2,104,622) (2,073,777)
Balance at 31 March 2023 561,809 711,376
23 Deferred income - Charity
2023 2022
Other deferred
income
433,334 653,846
Deferred income is included in the finandal statements as follows:
2023 2022
Balance at 1 April 2022 653,846 1,085,090
Amounts received
In year
1,736,305 1,602,964
Amounts credited to statement offinancial activities (1,956,817) (2,035,086)
Balance at 31 March 2023 433,334 653,846
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27
Analysis ofnet assets between
funds
Unrestricted
funds
2023
2
Fund balances at 31
March 2023 are
represented
by:
- Group
Restricted
funds
2023
Total Unrestricted
funds
2023
2022
8
Restricted
funds
2022
6
Total
2022
6
28 Tangible assets
Current assets/(liabilles)
256,333
777,585
1,033,918
Analysis ofnet assets between
funds -
Unrestricted
funds
2023
Fund balances at 31
March 2023are
represented
by:
4,825,022
4,825,022
Charity
Restricted
funds
2023
6
5,081,355
777,585
5,858,940
308,036
1,190,929
1,498,965
Total Unrestrl cted
funds
2023
2022
6
5,030,753
5,030,753
Restricted
funds
2022
5,338,789
1,190,929
6,529,718
Total
2022
8
Tangibie assets
investments
Current assets/(liabilities)
256,334
1
800,727
4,825,021 5,081,355
1
308,036
5,030,753 5,338,789
800,727
1,190,928
1
1,190,928
1,057,062
4,825,021
5,882,083
1,498,965
5,030,753
6,529,718

2023 2022
Within one year 8
Between two and five years
In over five years
52,838
154,568
30,838
113,764
2,957,694 2,985,336
3,165,100 3,129,938

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Events after the reporting
date
2
Events after the reporting
date
2
Events after the reporting
date
2
Events after the reporting
date
2
Events after the reporting
date
Calderstones
Mansion
House CIC realised a loss in 2022-23, this was in relation to assets expensed
in year
due to ongoing
discussions
held around
the probable
closure ofThe Reader Bar and Restaurant.
An EGM of
the Calderstones
Mansion
House CIC Board was held on 23rd
August 2023 and the Board agreed that the
Restaurant
should
dose. This was
due to a combination
of factors,
including
the need
to be financially
sustainable
and provide a source ofunrestricted
income to the Charity over the coming years. The Restaurant
closed on 2nd September 2023.
Analysis ofchanges
in net funds
The charity had no material
debt during the year.
Cash generated
from operations
2023 2022
Deficit for the year 6
Adjustments
for.
(670,776) (133,447)
Investment
income recognised
in statement
offinancial
Depreciation
and impairment
oftangible
fixed assets
Movements
in working
capital:
(Increase)
in stocks
activities (2,091)
292,679
(659)
281,163
Decrease/(increase)
In debtors
(Decrease) In creditors
(Decrease)
in deferred
income
Cash absorbed
by operations
(6,179)
139,054
(62,682)
(149,567)
(4,892)
(188,111)
(348,794)
(399,667)
(459,562) (794,407)