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|Independent Examiner's Report||6||
|StatementofFinancial Activities||7||
|Balance Sheet||8||
|Cash Flow Statement||9||
|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement||IO||
|Notestothe Financial Statements|11|to|18|
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|**TRUSTEES**|JGBaggott|
||Dr.RJCave|
||DJRodick|
||AGFreeman|
||JA Mallinson|
||PACarr|
||M E Thompson (appointed 2.10.23)|
|**COMPANYSECRETARY**|MsEAShaw|
|**REGISTEREDOFFICE**|Ground Floor|
||Delamere House|
||Chester Street|
||Crewe|
||Cheshire|
||CW! 2BE|



|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**|Bennett Brooks & Co Limited|
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||Chartered Accountants|
||St George's Court|
||Winnington A venue|
||Northwich|
||Cheshire|
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|Tangible assets|12|4,847||4,847|3,415|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||||
|Debtors|13|20,150||20,150|38,792|
|Cash at bank andinhand||156,100|10,699|166,799|179,464|
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|**CREDITORS**||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|14|(22,157)||(22,157)|(46,843)|
|**NETCURRENTASSETS**||154,093|10,699|164,792|171,413|
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|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**|**LIABILITIES**|158,940|10,699|169,639|174,828|
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|**Cashflowsfromoperatingactivities**<br>Cashgenerated from operations<br>Netcashused in operating activities<br>**Cashflows from investing activities**<br>Purchaseoftangible fixed assets<br>Interest received<br>Netcashusedininvestingactivities<br>**Changeincashandcashequivalents**inthe<br>**reporting period**<br>**Cashandcash equivalents at the beginning**of<br>**the reporting period**<br>**Cashandcashequivalents**at**theendofthe**<br>**reporting period**<br>Notes<br>2024<br>£<br>(9,184)<br>(9,184)<br>(6,767)<br>3,286<br>(3,481)<br>(12,665)<br>179,464<br>166,799<br>---<br>|2023<br>£<br>(70,049)<br>(70,049)<br>(1,602)<br>1,012<br>(590)<br>(70,639)<br>250,103<br>179,464|
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|**1.**|**RECONCILIATIONOFNET EXPENDITURETONET CASH FLOW FROM**|**OPERATING ACTIVITIES**||
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||**Activities)**|(5,189)|(29,333)|
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||Depreciation charges|5,335|8,837|
||Interest received|{3,286)|(1,012)|
||Dccrease/(increase)indebtors|18,642|(14,698)|
||Decrease in creditors|(24,686)|(33,843)|
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|Cashatbankandinhand|179,464|(12,665)|166,799|
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|Wages and salaries|300,699|315,618|
|Social security costs|17,024|18,275|
|Other pensioncosts|8,217|9,764|
||325,940|343,657|
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|Charitystaff|15|17|
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|11.<br>**12.**<br>**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENTOFFINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**<br>Unrestricted<br>funds<br>£<br>**INCOMEANDENDOWMENTS FROM**<br>Donationsandlegacies<br>5,581<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Bureau services<br>414,856<br>Investment income<br>1,012<br>**Total**<br>421,449<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Bureau services<br>487,024<br>---<br>**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**<br>(65,575)<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>36,730<br>**Netmovement infunds**<br>(28,845)<br>**RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS**<br>Total fwids brought forward<br>200,555<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**<br>171,710<br>---<br>**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**<br>**COST**<br>**At**l April 2023<br>Additions<br>Disposals<br>At31March 2024<br>**DEPRECIATION**<br>At1 April 2023<br>Charge for year<br>Eliminated on disposal<br>At31 March2024<br>**NETBOOKVALUE**<br>At31March2024<br>At31 March 2023<br>Restricted<br>funds<br>£<br>297,929<br>297,929<br>261,687<br>36,242<br>(36,730)<br>---<br>{488)<br>3,606<br>3,118||Total<br>funds<br>£<br>5,581<br>712,785<br>1,012<br>719,378<br>748,711<br>---<br>(29,333)|
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||Accrued income|14,734|5,494|
||Prepayments|5,416|33.298|
|||20,150|38,792|
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|**14.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||
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||Social security and other taxes|3,848||
||Other creditors|1,682|1,995|
||Accruals and deferred income|16,627|44,848|
|||22,157|46.843|
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|2024<br>£<br>Within one year<br>22,181<br>Between oneandfive years<br>85.026<br>107,207<br>---<br>**16.**<br>**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**<br>Net<br>Transfers<br>movement<br>between<br>At1.4.23<br>infunds<br>funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>51.709<br>(22,097)<br>9,328<br>Contingency and redundancy<br>115,000<br>Building fund<br>5,000<br>171,709<br>(22,097)<br>9,328<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Money Advice Service Debt Advice Project<br>397<br>(397)<br>NewLeaf<br>2.722<br>(6,623)<br>3,901<br>Energy Redress<br>(374)<br>374<br>CWP<br>7.188<br>(7.188)<br>Community Outreach<br>17,114<br>(6,415)<br>3,119<br>16,908<br>(9,328)<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>174,828<br>(5,189)<br>---<br>---<br>---|2023<br>£<br>43,258<br>20.819<br>64,077<br>At 31.3.24<br>£<br>38,940<br>115.000<br>5,000<br>158,940<br>10,699<br>-----··----<br>10.699<br>169,639|2023<br>£<br>43,258<br>20.819|
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|General fund|421,448|(487,024)|(65,576)|
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|Money Advice Service Debt Advice Project|220,879|(205,687)|15,192|
|NewLeaf|30,725|(22,105)|8,620|
|Energy Redress|4,880|(3,323)|1,557|
|CWP|41,446|(30,572)|10,874|
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|Energy Redress||1,183|(1,183)||
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|Community Outreach||17,114|(6,415)|10,699|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS**|204,161|(34,522)||169,639|
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|MoneyAdvice Service Debt Advice Project|220,879|(206,084)|14,795|
|NewLeaf|33,301|(31,304)|1,997|
|Energy Redress|4,880|(3,697)|1,183|
|CWP|60,978|(42.916)|18,062|
|Community Outreach|34,920|(17,806)|17,114|
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