## ## |Trustees||Dr Max H Griffiths||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Geolfrsy Hope-Terry||| |||MichaelJ Snaps||| |||Gillian
L Conway||| |||Beverley E Spicer||| |||Andrea J Dodds||| |||Erica E Morriss||| |||Kevin Barry|(Appointed|14June 2022)| |||Boyd B Hops|(Appointed|14June 2022)| |Senior management||Jason J Bishop (Chief Executive)||| |||Nicki Berg (Head ofPeople)||| |||Neil Jones (Head ofOperations)||| |Charity number||1128367||| |Company|number|06783496||| |Registered|office|Wyvem
House||| |||The Drumber||| |||Winsford||| |||CW7 1AD||| |Auditor||Xeinadin
Audri Limited||| |||2 Hilliards
Court||| |||Chester Business Park||| |||Chester||| |||Cheshire||| |||CH4 9QP||| |Bankers||CAF Bank||| |||25 Kings
Hill Avenue||| |||Kings
Hill||| |||West Mailing||| |||Kent||| |||ME194JQ||| ## ## |||Page| |---|---|---| |Trustees'
report||1-8| |Independent
auditors|report|9 —11| |Statement
offinancial|activities|12| |Balance sheet||13| |Statement
ofcash flows||14| |Notes to the financial|statements|15-24| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Name|Role|Penod ofoffice ends|Meetings| |---|---|---|---| ||||attended
2020/21| |Gill
Conwa|hair|Jul
2026|4/5| |Erica Morriss|ice-Chair|October 2028|4/5| |Mike Sna e|reasurer|A
ril 2025|1/5| |eoff Ho e-Te|rustee|A
ril 2025|3/5| |Max Griffiths|rustee|A
ril 2025|5/5| |Bev Spicer|rustee|October 2028|5/5| |ndrea Dodds|rustee|October 2028|5/5| |Boyd Ho e|rustee|June 2029|4/4| |Kevin Barry|rustee|June 2029|4/4| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||funds|funds||funds|funds|| ||||2023|2023|2023|2022|2022|2022| |||Notes|E|E|E|E|E|E| |Income and endowments||from:||||||| |Donations
and|legades||4,715|50|4,765|19,592||19,592| |Charitable
activities|||743,533|843,053|1,586,586|943,007|427,249|1,370,256| |Investments|||3,143||3,143|707||707| |Other income|||12,696|868|13,564|1,311||1,311| |Total income|||764,087|843,971|1,608,058|964,617|427,249|1,391,866| |~E*
dg||||||||| |Charitable
activities|||680,732|855,023|1,535,755|906,488|440,601|1,347,089| |Net incoming/(outgoing)||||||||| |resources
before transfers|||83,355|(11,052)|72,303|58,129|(13,352)|44,777| |Grass transfers|between|||||||| |funds|||(1,973)|1,973||||| |Net income/(expenditure)||for||||||| |the year/||||||||| |Net movement|in funds||81,382|(9,079)|72,303|58,129|(13,352)|44,777| |Fund balances|at 1 April 2022||240,S8S|40,815|281,703|182,759|54,167|236,926| |Fund balances|at 31 March|||||||| |2023|||322,270|31,736|354,006|240,888|40,815|281,703| ## ## ||||||2023||2022|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Notes|||f|| |Fixed assets||||||||| |Intangible|assets|||10||6,024||8,433| |Tangible assets||||11||11,850||9,783| |||||||17,874||18,216| |Current assets||||||||| |Debtors||||12|5,358||8,670|| |Cash at bank and||in|hand||404,169||298,394|| ||||||409,527||307,064|| |Creditors:|amounts||falling due within|||||| |one year||||13|(73,395)||(43,577)|| |Net current|assets|||||336,132||263,487| |Total assets less||current liabilities||||354,006||281,703| |Income funds||||||||| |Restricted|funds|||14||31,736||40,815| |Unrestricted|funds|—|eneral|||||| |Designated|funds|||15|68,000||68,000|| |General
unrestricted|||funds||254,270||172,888|| |||||||322,270||240,888| |||||||354,006||281,703| ## ## |||||2023||2022|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Notes|E||E|| |Cash flows from operating||activities|||||| |Cash generated
from operations|||18||110,072||12,713| |Investing|activities||||||| |Purchase|of intangible
assets|||||(9,638)|| |Purchase|oftangible
fixed assets|||(7,440)||(641)|| |Investment|income received|||3,143||707|| |Net cash|used in investing|activities|||(4,297)||(9,572)| |Net cash|used in financing|activities|||||| |Net increase
In cash and cash equivalents|||||105,775||3,141| |Cash and|cash equivalents|at beginning|ofyear||298,394||295,253| |Cash and|cash equivalents|at end of|year||404,169||298,394| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||funds|funds||funds| ||||general|||general| ||||2023f|2023
E|2023
E|2022| |Donations|and|gifts|4,715|50|4,765|19,592| ## ## ## ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||funds|funds|2023|funds|funds|2022| ||E|E|E|E|E|E| |Help to daim||164,476|164,476||152,734|152,734| |Debt Advice||104,989|104,989||144,332|144,332| |Pension
Guidance||113,548|113,548||130,183|130,183| |Cheshire West and||||||| |Chester Council|489,791||489,791|547,269||547,269| |CWaC Advocacy Service|16,667||16,667|40,000||40,000| |Community
Connector|201,096||201,096|144,986||144,986| |Sundry
Income|35,979||35,979|210,752||210,752| |Household
Support||460,040|460,040|||| ||743,533|843,053|1,586,586|943,007|427,249|1,370,256| |Unrestricted|Unrestricted| |---|---| |funds|funds| |general|general| |2023|2022| |E|| |3,143|707| ## |Sundry|income| |---|---| |For the|year ended 31 March 2022| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---| |funds|funds|2023|2022| |general|||| |E|E||| |12,696|868|13,564|1,311| |1,311|||1,311| ## ## ## |||||Direct|Management|Management|Total|Direct||Management|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Charitable||and|2023|Charitable||and|2022| |||||Support|Administration|||Support|Administration||| |||||2023f||2023f||2022||2022f|| |Staff costs||||941,125||49,214|990,339|886,669||36,245|922,914| |Depreciation|||and||||||||| |impairment||||||7,783|7,783|||10,006|10,006| |Activities|undertaken||||||||||| |directly||||478,253||43,664|521,917|252,127||147,918|400,045| |||||1,419,378||100,661|1,520,039|1,138,796||194,169|1,332,965| |Share ofsupport|||||||||||| |costs (see||note 7)||||10,336|10,336|||9,124|9,124| |Share of governance
costs (see note 7)||||||5,380|5,380|||5,000|5,000| |||||1,419,378||116,377|1,535,755|1,138,796||208,293|1,347,089| |Analysis|by||||||||||| |fund|||||||||||| |Unrestricted|||funds-||||||||| |general||||564,355||116,377|680,732|698,195||208,293|906,488| |Restricted||funds||855,023|||855,023|440,601|||440,601| |||||1,419,378||116,377|1,535,755|1,138,796||208,293|1,347,089| |Support costs|||||||||||| |||||Support||Governance|2023|Support||Governance|2022| |||||costs||costs||costs||costs|| |||||||6|||6|f|| |Insurance||||10,236|||10,236|9,056|||9,056| |Bank charges|||||100||100||68||68| |Audit fees||||||5,380|5,380|||5,000|5,000| |||||10,336||5,380|15,716|9,124||5,000|14,124| |Analysed|between||||||||||| |Charitable||activities||10,336||5,380|15,716|9,124||5,000|14,124| ## ## ## ## |The average|monthly
number ofemployees
during th|e year was:|| |---|---|---|---| |||2023|2022| |||Number|Number| |Paid statf||37|36| |Employment|costs|2023|2022| |||8|8| |Wages and salaries||884,042|832,707| |Social security costs||80,175|71,109| |Other pension|costs|26,122|19,098| |||990,339|922,914| ## ||||Webslte| |---|---|---|---| ||||8| |Cost|||| |At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023|||9,638| |Amortisatlon|and impairment||| |At 1 April 2022|||1,205| |Amortisation|charged|for the year|2,409| |At 31 March|2023||3,614| |Carrying
amount|||| |At 31 March|2023||6,024| |At 31 March|2022||8,433| ## ## |11|Tangible fixed assets|Tangible fixed assets|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Fixtures and|Computers|Total| ||||fittings||| ||||6|E|| ||Cost||||| ||At 1 April 2022||46,617|60,671|107,288| ||Additions|||7,440|7,440| ||At 31 March 2023||46,617|68,111|114,728| ||Depreciation
and impairment||||| ||At 1 April 2022||46,617|50,888|97,505| ||Depreciation
charged|in the year||5,373|5,373| ||At 31 March 2023||46,617|56,261|102,878| ||Canying
amount||||| ||At 31 March 2023|||11,850|11,850| ||At 31 March 2022|||9,783|9,783| |12|Debtors||||| |||||2023|2022| ||Amounts
falling due|within one year.|||6| ||Other debtors|||441|2,141| ||Prepayments|||4,917|6,529| |||||5,358|8,670| |13|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one year|||| |||||2023|2022| ||||||6| ||Other taxation
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by:|||||||| ||Intangible
fixed assets||6,024||6,024|8,433||8,433| ||Tangible assets||11,850||11,850|9,783||9,783| ||Current
assets/ftiabilities)|304,396||31,736|336,132|222,672|40,815|263,487| |||322,270||31,736|354,006|240,888|40,815|281,703| ## ## ## |18|Cash generated
from|Cash generated
from|operations|operations||||2023|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||8|8| ||Surplus
for the year|||||||72,303|44,777| ||Adjustments
for.||||||||| ||Investment
income|recognised||in statement||offinancial|activities|(3,143)|(707)| ||Depreciation
and impairment
oftangible||||fixed assets|||7,783|10,006| ||Movements
in working||capital:||||||| ||Decrease
in debtors|||||||3,312|576| ||(Decrease)/increase|in|creditors|||||(3,641)|3,655| ||Increase/(decrease)|in|deferred|income||||33,458|(45,594)| ||Cash generated
from||operations|||||110,072|12,713|