REC.ISTERED CnN.IPANY NUMBER: 06845210 (F4ngland and ￿[￿les) KbGIS'I'kRED CHARI'I'Y NUMBLR: 112Y1¢1I9 RCIPORT OF THE TRUSTTr:ES AND FINANCIAL STAI"EMLN'I"S TrOK I'HL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 FOR N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRIC.HTER FIITIIRE LIMITED Wllllwurk Nelguji & JolinbOtI c.liaite￿d A¢caiintLI) 31 MARCH 2023 STRATF.GIC RF.PITrRT FIIiArtL'l#l r£vi¢w Rc5erves i)olicv Thc Bo4?rd olTnisiees conduct anniial rcvieiv ofilit Icvcl ot. boili iinirsiricled and Irslricled r¢serv¢¥ by ¢on&ideriJi¥ Ih.coniii)itlee rei'iews all reseiveE on ali Ikii-goiiigy basis aiid iiili)rith% Ilie board ot'any exceplioiial iienk%. Un(Jer Ilie tequiTeiiieiils ot'cliariiy Laiv. Ilie TwE1¢¢5 arc oblikyed 14) defitt¢ Ihc C.liarity'% poliey far holding Ir%tTve5. Th¢ inlcnlion in esiablis1iin¥ Ihis rcscrvcs policy fr>T N-cumposs is Io Secu￿ iunliniialioii of ils aLlivilies. Th¢ pvliLy Pres¢ii'¢ Ilie viabilily orilje Chdrily 2. Iii doiiig so, Iiiidcnvriie exi£liiig.4CTViCCS agaiiisl pcritsd5 (>f deficit 3. Cn*ble Ihc ChAriiy lo nie¢t ilb Icgal objcclives 4. Pruvide ¢()nfidence lo siipporfers Jiid duiiors seeking lo give fjnoncidl support lo a pj'udejilly iuniwlled Cliarily affo1￿ed ID All iiiaiiers of inv¢8lrncnl 5. Enbure Iliai, LUllsisl¢11l wiilj obj￿1&. Jjiissiun 51aleiii¢iil alld values of N-Cuiiip455. propcr cihical con$ideTAlioD bc ffDidcd ta all niatlcr5 of invcslmeni opeyaliuns N-cuinpdss piuvidcs a range of Welfdre all(1 Public Il¢ali11 seNice& É)ii b¢hJlf olpiiblic bodies, via sliorl-l¢rJii coi)Ir#cls Ihal ar¢ Iciid¢rc(l aiid siibjetl lo coiiipelilioii. Thc Sccior is ¥ubj¢cl lo ¢oiislaiil review with iiieT¢45iiig Icvcls of rcsoiirce consiraini.% and Ti¥k% (If funding Luls. As a rL'spun%c lu Ilicse risks N-CoiJJpdss Ivukb lu ii)iligTal¢ Ilic iJiipaLI by Vli¢Talin¥ atroEs diff¢reJil fiinding slrean)s, looking for slratcgic allilln¢es, and being liiglily intt()valiY¢ and et'ficienl in rvic¢-(l¢lii'¢ry. The Re%erve5 policy ¢ovois all coinmiimeni% undcT opcrating leases, intliiding Ihc Ica8c f￿. oiir Hcad Office PTeinig& iycll a% thi'c¢ iiioiiilJ&' iyurtli uf i)ayrull Coslb for all staff wl)U dr¢ Jioi asbigned 10 slalulury conliwcts. wljicli is priniarily all Ccniral 8ervirc% aiid Coiinsclling eiiiployce%. slirplii.￿ tiind% will ctsniintse lo bc designated as directed by Ilie Trustees in uider lu %upport dclivery of th¢ sti?tegic plan. STRUCTIJRE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT CovL'rnliig docuniriit Sincc Ilic Iql Api'il 2009. N-CtsnipJs8 Tol￿r￿.% A Brigliicr Fiilure Lii))il¢d lias bcen a Coiiipany Liinii¢d by Giiarant¢¢. Cliariiy Iiiily. IvhiLli eslal?lislied and rcgtlsitrred in IlJ99. Trv5ti'e Recruitm¢nt. Indiittlon I'l'aining PTIQI. lo inviiiiig noii)iiialTrnn%, tlie Triiblccs revieiv Ihe skill% 4iidil to try lo allraci mcmbeTX writh the Tclcvaiil ex￿rIe17¢e un(Icrsland.. The legal obligalioiis of Trusices CoiiiiJii%%iuii l¢all¢l (.'C3. Neiv Trusie&% are inviied io iiiideTll1 ke Ihc proL¢%% of iii(liirliun, I'i'ttiJJiiig iieed% aTt d.8¥¢5S¢ Tlie C.liicf Ixecuiive rcgularly iipdalc% TrLiSlte.% on hny i%siic.% wliicli ciffL'cl Ilieir rolcs and Te8pon%ibililies. Tlic Tnislccs Pag7c 2 N-COMPA88 TOWARDS A BRle.HTER FIITIIRK LIMII'KD REPOR'foFTHETRIIS'I'Tr'F,S liOII'I'Hb YEAR 31 MARCH 2023 STRUCTURF,, GOVTr.RNANCF. AND MANAGF.MEiYT OrK4ni$itlthnal sti'uclurr be inviic(I lo allcn, pDllci, for s¢iiior 5tAff Thc TriislLLs considcr 11191 Ihe Board of Trusl¢¢s, wliv ar¢ also Ilie cliaTilablL ioiiipany'5 dircrl0Tr. and Ilic senior n)andgeiiiciil team ¢on)pr15¢ the key nidndgeniciil i)¢rsonncl of the cliarity. They arc in ch4Tg¢ of direciing and coiiirolliiig. ninning (?peraling Ihe CliaTily un a day-lo-day ba¥i¥. All Triible¢s give Ili¥ir iiiiie fr¢ely nv Inisiet rcccived remiiiicralioii ii) the year. Deiails of TTusiee8' expe1￿¢$ aiid r¢lJi¢d party transaclioikE Ore diselosed in nolcs 8, Thc i)ay of the sejiioi. staff is 8 Jnditer for the Audit Coininii1¢e. RtlAted parties and p#rlnersliips In so far il is COtiiplcin¢nlary io N-cujiipass, Ilie ot8aiiisaiion is guidcd by bul11 local and nalioiiol policy drivor5. To iidci'sland and Iran$lcllC Ilhes¢ iii tli¢ coiiiexi of N-C.ompa%s. we arc an aclivc m¢mber on niiii)b¢i' of p#rinersliip and infon))aiion netwoi'k5, and fully i)ariicipatc in dtliviiies Ilirougli lucal, reLTional and nalioiidl slTueiures. N-CoiiipiiSS is *1%0 ￿le11v¢1Y iiivalvcd In wide raiigc ol- miilii-aEency, comimunity specTrfic, op¢raiioll&l and sti?l¢gic pailneisliips. The parlii¢r%hips provide Ilie oppiirliiiiiiy 10 iiiiprove PTufes5iondl iind¢rslaDJiii¥ of Ilit pei)i)le N-C.oiiii)ass N4ompdss has not had aiiy IElaied i)drly IransaclioThs in Ihc ycar. PogTC 3 N-C'.nMPASS TOWARDS A BRIC.HTkR FIITIIRE LIMI'1.￿1> REPORT OFTHE 1'RIISI'EES ,'OII 'I'Hth: YTr'AR LI%Dbl) 31 MARCH 2023 STRUC'fuiiTr', G()VF,RNANCF. AND MANAGF.MENT Rlsk manwgenieiit Tli¢ 13uai'd of Ti'Lisl¥e5 1-¢¥ularly J'cviLws Il)¥ inajor risks 10 wliiLh Ih¢ orgallisalions is cxp05d. and sysl¢ii)s analysis p¢rtin¢iil lo are415 of (u¢ii.% ivliicli feeds cliyecily lu Ili¢ Ilugrd uf Truslees. Adililii)iially N-CutiipJs5 products risk niang&Tcmcni ppfoi£ ch. IDl¢rnal control i>f Tisk.s ai'c niiniiiiised hy the iniplcii)¢tilalion of i)ro¢¢diires for uIIioTi%alion of dll iidnsaclions and projecis. This 18 %ui)i)oYicd also by a planncd audit %¢hcdulc which a￿sess¢￿ aiid traiiiework. As d Irsiill of Ihc in depth stralcgic analysis, incliiding a Ilioroiigh I'isk rcvi¢w, a niore I'obusi and d¢lJil¢d Hcallh and Safely policics and proccdiiir% arc csiablishcd and rcgularly Tcvic%vccI lo ensiiTe Ili¢ health aiid sdfeiy of sialf, vului)l¢¢rs. iiidividiiiils and visiloib. Tlie L>r#dnisalioii contracts willi Rra(lar Einployniejii Law C.()ll5111ianls wlio oiieratioiial dspeLl% of tlic orgaiiisalion. Tlic%c iiicludc, a.4 iiienti￿ne￿, ISO 9001. NHS Dald S¢curily & Proi¢Liivn Toolkil. AdvuLaLy diid Inveslors iji Voliinlcciiii¥ Qimliiy Marks and Bcsl Coinpanils Acci-edilali4)ii. AII sy51LIttS aT¢ pcriodicJlly aii(til¢d aii84521 O IF.ngland find Wal¢%) Registered ChArity niimbei. 1128809 Regi%tei'ed uffife l Edivdid Vl l Quay Navigation Way A¥hiun-On-Ribbl¢ Prc5ton LancJsliiT¢ PR2 2YF Page 4 N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRTGirrER FUTURE REPORT OF THE TRUSTBES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Trustees Th¢ following Truste¢$ held office dthring thewhol¢ of the wiod from l Aptil 2022 to the da* of this teport.. Caiherille Scivicr {Choir) Sally Mclvor (Vice Cbair) Briatl W•tso Dr. Malldy Dixon Helen C￿uZ08 Other chY4nges tttTThSt￿S holding offic¢ are 8s follo￿.. AnEAllcoat (rtsigned 29103123) Keith Btvgn (resigned 29103120231 HaDnah WoodcoGk (resigned 2910612022) Angic Boyle (appointed 29106122 Jordan Lewis {appDitited 29106122) Rachael M¢Cullou8h {appoint¢d 29106122) Chlef Ezecutiye Jootyn& Solanki Company Setretsry Stuartwhittle Audltor6 Wallwork Nc150n & JohnsoTt charter￿ Accountants & Statutory Audttors Chandler House 7 Ferry Road Office Park Riversway Pr¢sion Lanca5hire PR2 2YH Bhllker Lloyd5 Botsk 30 Cor[￿tiOn Streei Blackpool FYI IEN STAIEMENf OF TRiTSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES The thJstee5 (who are a180 thc directors of N£ompass Towwds A Bright¢rFutUTe Limited forth6 pi]rposes of comp8tty law) arc Tesponsible for pr¢pariDg tbe Report of tb¢ Tn￿tee8 and the financial $tht¢ments in a¢cordallct witb 8pplicabl¢ 1¥4W And United Kingdoln A¢￿Utttitt8 Standard5 (United Kingdom Gencra]ly Accepted Accounting Practice). Page 5 NQOMPASS TOWARDS A BlUG1￿ER FUTURE LtMITED REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 21123 sTATEME￿r OFTRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILTfiES- coKrfnued Company law requires the trustees to prepare fin8ncial 8tst¢mentB for ¢&ch r￿Cial Ye￿ which give & true and fait vi¢w of the state of 4ffairs of the thwitable Company aud of the incoTlliDg resou￿¢5 and 4)plicatiotL of resow¢A, including ¢he illeome Ond expcnditure, of thc charitable Gompany for that pwiod. Jn pr6parin8 those financial stat¢rn¢nt4 the tswteeg ate required Belect 8llitsbl¢ ￿(0￿￿tIng poliGie5 and thets ￿p]Y tbem coJJ8i$t¢utly' ob$erve the methods alld principle8 in the Ch&rity SORP. make judg¢ments aDd estimate5 that ar¢ r¢a50Dable 8ndpnthllt.' ststc whetber applicable accouttling Stslld￿ have been followel subject to ally TDaterial d¢partur¢5 disclos¢d exptained in tbe fit￿¢181 8tat¢ments' prepare the fiJJsn¢i41 statements on the going cottcern b8818 it Is IiiappmprTalc to pnwne that the cbaritabk company will continu¢ itl business. The tswtees are respottsible for keepingproper accounting r¢cord4 which dt5c105e witb r¢osonable accurgcy at any time the fmatttial position of th¢ ch￿L￿ble company and to enabl¢ them to eD8llre that the flljattcial statements cotnply with the Companies Act 2006. They art also responsible for Safeguardi￿ th¢ assets of the charitable company hence for takill8 re4stsnable steps fortb¢ptevention wjd detection of fiaud attd other tsrr¢gularities. ltt so far as the trnsle¢$ arc 4war¢'. there 1$ no rclevallt audit iTLforn)ation of which the charitsbl¢ company's Auditors are UOaWhr¢,' aEd the trllst¢es have taken all steps that th¢y ought to have to make th¢m5elves awaff of any relevatst audit inforniation attd to ¢5tsblisb that the wditors are aware of that infom)ation. AUDITORS The auditorg, Wallwork Nelsott & JOI￿￿04 will be propos&J for re-&￿10ti)J¢0I at the fortb¢oming G¢tterdl M¢¢tiDg. iieport of the tru5teeB incorporating a strat¢gic repo¢ approved by order of the board of tswte¢5, as the con)pany d]r￿t0[8. Im .IE-. ..ts%•.ry¥..lok3.. atld signed on theboard's behftlfby.. Ms C Scivi¢r- TTU5t¢e Page 6 RRPQRT I)F'fHE INDEPF.NDENT AIIDITnRSTOTFIE MKl*lBERS OV N-C()MPASS TOWAKDS A BRICH'I'LR TrUI-UR LiriiI'r&.I) Opiniorh ALcouiiiin¥ SiJi1dard￿ {Uniicd Kin¥dvii) Gcncrglly ALcLpiLd A¢¢i)uiilinb Pi'acliLcl- liave h¢en i)rtsptrrly i)I'cparcd iii iccoixlancc iviili Unilcd KiDb7diini Gcncrally AcLepicd Accoiiiilinb Practice. Jnd havc bccn prci)arL'd in accordonce wilh thc Irquiren)cnl¥ ot'ih¢ Lompdnics Aci 2006. Basi5 for opinioii We Lthnducled viir dudil in accurdaiiLe %vii11 IiilemallLlrtdl Siaiid?rd5 011 Aii(liliiig IIIKI IISAS IUKII and applicgbl¢ laiv. rinaiicial slJicimcnls scclion ol. oiir rcpoil. We arc iiJd¢i?eiideni of th¢ chdiiiJblc coiiii1311y in accoi'dn iihiih we are requlrvil tcb reyurl l>v L'xceplion W¢ havc Jjoiliing lo rcp011 in r¥$￿¢1 of Iljc fullciiviiig iiiallLrs wlieir 111¢ Cuii)PAniex ALI 2006 ￿quirLS us lo rcporl 10 Idequ4le acei)Iiniiiig ￿cordS lidVE nol been kepi or rt'ccrlain asscl8. Tlie Iir¢.%cnlaii(Iii ciirT¢ncy of Ilie financial sl*iemeDI$ 18 the KX)iiiid 8tcrling11}. eonccrn. No significant jiidbTeiiienis lihvc liad to bt mad¢ by Ilic TTuslees In prepai-lllb Ili¢se fiiiancial Elalcmcnts. Intoinc All iiiconie is Ircn¥niscd iii Ihe Stalcmenl nf Financial Atlivilie4 alice Ihe tharily has eniillen)enl lo Ilic fiinds, il Delails of iii¢uiiic deferred to a fuiurt p¢riod ai'c cvniJiJi¢d in nol¢ 16. Tliebc ai)iOUnls will bc releaseil to prajecl% in Ili¢ coi)iing ycar. bccn claN%ified iiii