Registered number: 5618486 Charity number: 1128932
## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
(a company limited by guarantee)
**Unaudited Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2024**
**HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Reference and administrative information|1|
|Report of the trustees|2-5|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes forming part of the financial statements|8-16|
|Independent examiner’s report|17|
## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Reference and administrative information for the year ended 31 March 2024**
Home-Start Runnymede **Company Name** and Woking **Company Number** 5618486 **Charity Number** 1128932 **Registered Office** 1[st] Floor, Foxwell House Chobham Road Ottershaw Chertsey KT16 0NL **Trustees** Michael Parker (Chair) Trevor Pound (Treasurer) Michael Griffiths Claire Hamilton-Taylor Christopher Maccallum Giles Maltby Olivia Matthews Joanna McKenzie Gemma Niebieszczanski Scheme Director Sarah Beasley
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2024**
The trustees, who are also the directors of the charity for the purpose of the Companies Act 2006, are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities, and Financial Reporting Standard 102.
## **Constitution**
Home-Start Runnymede and Woking is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its memorandum and articles of association.
## **Directors and Trustees**
The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees.
The trustees' liability is limited to £1, provided that they do not act negligently, or fraudulently, and do not allow the charity to continue when it is insolvent.
Trustees are recruited from the general public through the auspices of the Local Voluntary Service Bureau, from the bank of home visiting volunteers, from families who have received our service and via Reach and LinkedIn. A prospective trustee will receive an initial introduction to the work of the company, followed by an interview with two existing trustees. Following the receipt of two satisfactory references, the prospective trustee is proposed for election at a subsequent meeting of directors.
**The Trustees serving during the year and since the year-end were as follows:-**
Michael Parker Chair Trevor Pound Treasurer Claire Hamilton-Taylor Olivia Matthews Joanna McKenzie Michael Griffiths Gemma Niebieszczanski Christopher Maccallum (appointed 6 December 2023) Janice Bibby (resigned 30 August 2023) Giles Maltby (appointed 6 December 2023; resigned 19 July 2024) David McKeown (resigned 5 December 2023)
The trustees meet every six to eight weeks and delegate day to day management of the charity to the employees.
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Report of the trustees cont’d for the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Objectives of the charity**
Home-Start Runnymede and Woking (Home-Start RAW) is a family support charity that provides a free service to families who live in the boroughs of Runnymede and Woking. Families who have at least one child under five, and who are experiencing difficult times in their lives and are seeking support to get through them, are referred to the charity. This can be through Health Visitors, Support Agencies, Statutory Services, Surrey’s Early Help Hub or via self-referral. Trained volunteers or staff are carefully matched with the family and offer regular support, practical help, guidance and sign-posting to parents in their own homes and as they go about their activities. The support is tailored to the individual needs of the family in order to support and empower them in moving forwards towards agreed outcomes. Families may be struggling for a wide variety of reasons and Home-Start Runnymede and Woking aims to help, support and empower parents to tackle these challenges positively. Our aim is to ensure that every child has the best possible start in life that they can have.
The principal sources of funding are described in Note 2 of the Financial Statement. Expenditure is utilised to support the objectives of the charity.
The trustees have carefully considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on reporting public benefit in planning what activities the charity undertakes.
## **Developments, activities and achievements**
As at the 31[st] March, the staff team was comprised of a Scheme Director, overseeing the work of the staff, liaising with other organisations and representing the charity within 25 hours per week, two Family Support Co-ordinators (46 hours/week), one of whom is also Perinatal Lead, who share the family caseload between them, and two Family Support Workers (36 hours/week), who can offer immediate and short-term support to families. Due to the loss of three local authority contracts, we had to take some difficult decisions around staffing levels leading to three members of staff leaving the organisation.
In light of the reduction in staffing levels, it was necessary to adjust our operating model whilst doing all that we could to minimise the impact on families requiring support. From October 2023 through to the end of the financial year we took the decision to no longer accept referrals for families also receiving support from agencies providing targeted or specialist support; this included the Family Centres, Family Support Programme and Children’s Services. This change enabled us to focus our resources on providing support to families who were not receiving any other support.
In order to ensure as many families could access our support despite the reduced staffing levels, we have continued to invest in our group support activity. During the year we launched Baby Bubble Woking, increasing our weekly group offering to 5. These groups are:
- Baby Bubble Addlestone
- Baby Bubble Egham
- Baby Bubble Woking
- Play & Learn Plus
- Thursday Tots
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Some families receive one-to-one support in the home as well as attending one of our groups, some families will receive a short period of home-visiting support and be supported to attend a group, and some families just attend a group. The benefits of our groups include: reducing isolation and loneliness, improving children’s social and communication skills, improving emotional wellbeing of parents and providing a space where parents can speak to Home-Start staff and other local professionals about additional support and services that their family can access.
Feedback from families continues to be very good, and attendance at our groups has grown steadily through the year. Our culture remains very much aimed at prevention and early intervention where possible.
- A total of 357 families were supported during the year (an increase of 20% on the previous year)
- 138 families were supported 1:1 in their homes
- 246 families were supported in groups (27 families received both home-visiting and group support)
- 97% of families report that their parenting has improved as a result of Home-Start support
- 91% of families report being less isolated as a result of Home-Start support
- 97% of families report that parent well-being improved as a result of Home-Start support
- 100% of families report that children’s well-being improved as a result of Home-Start support
- 98% of families report that they are better able to access local and specialist services as a result of Home-Start support
We are so grateful to our team of exceptional volunteers who give their time freely to support local families. Many of our volunteers have lived experience of the needs of the families referred to us, and others have professional experience supporting families. Whatever their experience, they offer so much and make an incredible impact.
Volunteer retention and recruitment continues to be a challenge due to cost of living related issues. This is a challenge faced by other Home-Starts nationally, as well as many local voluntary organisations. Our target for the year ahead is to rebuild our team and support as many families as possible with one-to-one volunteer support.
The Dad Matters Surrey pilot project ended during the year. Dads were supported one-to-one and in groups, with hundreds more being signposted to support via antenatal clinics. Over a hundred health and social care professionals received training from Dad Matters in engaging with and supporting new dads. As the project moved into the next stage it was necessary for us to withdraw our financial commitment with the intention of rejoining when further funding can be found. We remain very much involved with the management and future planning of the project. Funding is being sought to expand the project across the county.
Despite the challenges of the year, our partnership working has remained strong, which benefits the families accessing our services. Staff attend regular multi-agency meetings, focusing on safeguarding, early years, additional needs, cost of living and mental health. Partnership working has enabled us to better meet the needs of local families through joint initiatives, focus groups influencing public policy and raising awareness to local need.
We have continued to work closely with other local organisations to ensure that the families in our area have the support they need – this includes referrals to food banks, group support, applications for specialist equipment and hardship grants.
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## **Review of financial affairs**
The financial year proved to be particularly challenging. Income, which is by nature irregular, dipped dramatically in the first half of the year, which meant that the trustees had to focus closely on projected cashflows and, as a consequence, make some hard decisions to ensure the charity could meet its contractual commitments in a range of scenarios. It was essential to realign our cost base and services in line with anticipated receipts to ensure that the charity remained sustainable. Unfortunately, it was necessary to reduce staff numbers as detailed above and the charity incurred a one-off redundancy charge of £9,926 in the period. The full impact of the cost reductions made will not be seen until the financial year ending 31 March 2025.
Pleasingly, income picked up significantly in the final quarter. Income for the year is reported at £189,402. Although this was higher than in the prior year (£157,134), it did not cover expenditure of £213,320 (2023: £196,466), resulting in the net assets reducing over the year by £23,918 to £112,672 (£136,590).
The trustees continue to review the level of financial commitments being taken on to ensure that outgoings remain aligned to projected income and that the charity remains financially stable.
## **Reserves Policy and the Trustees’ responsibilities**
There were nine members comprising the Board of Trustees for the period. The trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charity has an appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise that are subject to regular review. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which outline, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the detection and prevention of fraud and other irregularities.
Due to the severity of the financial downturn seen during the earlier part of the year, the trustees agreed that it was necessary to revise the reserves policy so that:
- a) Reserves are maintained at a level which ensures that Home-Start’s core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty.
- b) a proportion of reserves are maintained in a readily realisable form.
Whilst the trustees have agreed that the scheme targets a level of reserves to cover anticipated running costs of 6 months, they will ensure that, in any event, the scheme maintains sufficient reserves to meet all its contractual obligations at any time including any termination costs.
Company and charity law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements the trustees have made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent and have prepared them on a going concern basis.
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Report of the trustees cont’d for the year ended 31 March 2022**
The financial statements presented here are in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies. They comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reporting) Regulations.
This report was approved by the trustees on 6[th] September 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
**Michael Parker Chair**
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2024**
|**Notes**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming resources from**
**generated funds:**
Grants, donations and
fund-raising
**2**
Insurance claim
Investment Income
**Total Incoming**
**Resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Costs of generating**
**funds:**
Direct Charitable
expenditure
**Governance costs**
**Total Expenditure**
**3**
**Net income (deficit) for**
**the year**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Brought forward
Net income (deficit) for
the year
**Total Funds at 31 March**
**2024**
**7**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total 2024**
**Total 2023**
£
£
£
£
76,563
110,704
187,267
156,645
-
-
-
-
2,135
-
2,135
489|
|---|---|
||78,698
110,704
**189,402**
**157,134**|
||106,174
107,046
213,220
196,366
100
-
100
100|
||106,274
107,046
**213,320**
**196,466**|
||(27,576)
3,658
**(23,918)**
**(39,332)**|
||103,205
33,385
136,590
175,922
(27,576)
3,658
(23,918)
(39,332)|
||**75,629**
**37,043**
**112,672**
**136,590**|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
|**Balance Sheet**
**As at 31 March 2024**
**Notes**
**2024**
**Assets**
**£**
**£**
Cash at Bank and in Hand
Current Accounts
26,245
Savings Accounts
85,063
Cash in hand
8
111,316
Prepayments and grants receivable
**4**
1,813
**113,129**
**Amounts falling due within one year**
**5**
Accruals-Sundry Creditors
(276)
(276)
**Provisions**
**6**
(181)
**Net Current Assets**
**112,672**
**Represented by**
Unrestricted Funds
**7**
75,629
Restricted Funds
**7**
37,043
**112,672**|**2023**
**£**
**£**
22,144
110,903
8
133,055
5,863
**138,918**
(1,940)
(1,940)
(388)
**136,590**
103,205
33,385
**136,590**|**2023**
**£**
**£**
22,144
110,903
8
133,055
5,863
**138,918**
(1,940)
(1,940)
(388)
**136,590**
103,205
33,385
**136,590**|
|---|---|---|
|||**138,918**
(1,940)
(388)|
|||**136,590**|
|||103,205
33,385|
|||**136,590**|
The trustees consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with Section 476 of the Act. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The Financial Statements were approved by the trustees on 6[th] September 2024 and signed on their behalf, by:
**Treasurer**
**Trevor Pound**
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **The following accounting policies were used consistently:**
## **Accounting Basis:**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost basis. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Fund Accounting:**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## **Grants:**
Grants received are credited to the Financial Activities when they are receivable, split between restricted and unrestricted funds.
## **Resources expended:**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis, inclusive of VAT and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to that category. The value of volunteers’ time has not been reflected in the accounts.
## **Fixed assets:**
Where fixed assets have been acquired by grants received, the cost is netted against the grant. Any surplus grants are treated as restricted funds. Fixed assets totalling £nil (2023: £nil) were acquired during the year.
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **2. Grants, Donations and fund-raising:**
|**nts, Donations and fund-raising:**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**
|**2023**|
||**£**
|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||
|Surrey County Council|37,472|37,472|
|Woking Borough Council|10,000|9,000|
|Corporate donations|-|6,500|
|29thMay 1961 Charitable Trust|3,000|-|
|Community Foundation for Surrey|15,000|-|
|Various private donations and Fund-|||
|raisingevents|11,091|5,602|
|**Total**|**76,563**|**58,574**|
|**Restricted**|||
|Community Foundation for Surrey|-|12,240|
|The National Lottery|29,108|9,925|
|Home-Start Surrey|-|5,238|
|29thMay 1961 Charitable Trust|-|3,000|
|Souter Charitable Trust|3,000|-|
|Albert Hunt Trust|5,000|-|
|NHS Surrey Heartlands|-|39,318|
|Surrey Community Action|3,000|-|
|Surrey County Council|28,346|-|
|HSUK|14,375|8,000|
|Heathrow Community|4,500|-|
|Runnymede Council|9,858|-|
|St Faiths|3,125|-|
|Tesco Groundwork|1,125|-|
|Co-operative|1,636|-|
|University of Winchester|560|-|
|Garfield Weston|-|20,000|
|John Beane’s Charity|1,402|350|
|Private donations|5,669|-|
|**Total**|**110,704**|**98,071**|
||||
|**Total**|**187,267**|**156,645**|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **3. Analysis of expenditure:**
|**Charitable activities:**
**Direct**:
Salaries, NI & Pensions (note 10)
Staff/Volunteer expenses
Recruitment expenses
Training
Christmas vouchers and gift bags
Resources for family support
Dad Matters expenses
Interest on pension deficit
Change in assumptions – pension
deficit
Trustee expenses
**Indirect**:
Office Rent
Telephone, IT, Office costs
Fee to Home-Start UK
Insurance
Stationery & postage
Advertising +PR
Fundraising costs
Other office costs
Bank charges
Payroll/Pension costs
Sub-total: charitable activities
**Governance:**
Independent examination
Annual report, AGM, etc.
Sub-total: governance
**Total Expenditure**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total Funds**
**Total Funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
72,338
96,273
168,611
151,950
4,785
-
4,785
5,973
518
-
518
1,509
114
-
114
449
-
-
-
415
-
3,471
3,471
1,574
-
7,287
7,287
5,180
-
15
15
12
-
-
-
(10) -
-
-
-
-
6,529
-
6,529
8,153
7,400
-
7,400
7,074
2,974
-
2,974
2,754
1,154
-
1,154
1,117
515
-
515
755
372
-
372
231 3
9
8,859
-
8,859
8,765 ,
7
451
-
451
145
60
-
60
72
105
-
105
248
106,174
107,046
**213,220**
**196,366**
-
-
-
-
100
-
100
100
100
-
100
100
106,274
107,046
**213,320**
**196,466**|
|---|---|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
|**4. Prepayments and grants receivable:**
Amounts due from Woking Borough Council
Reimbursement due re project costs
Prepayment for insurance
Rent
**Total**
**5. Liabilities-: amounts failing due within one year:**
Provision for office costs
Provision for Pension Fund contributions
**Total**
**6. Provisions:**
Provision for pension deficit (note 8)
**Total**|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
-
2,250
-
1,800
188
188
1,625
1,625|
|---|---|
||**1,813**
**5,863**|
||**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
276
741
-
1,199|
||**276**
**1,940**|
||**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
181
388|
||**181**
**388**|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **7. Movement in funds:**
|**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Restricted**
Other
Provision for
pension deficit
**Total**|**At 1 April**
**2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Outgoing**
**resources**
**Transfers**
**between**
**reserves**
**At 31 March**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
103,205
78,698
(106,274)
-
75,629|
|---|---|
||33,773
110,704
(107,253)
-
37,224
(388)
-
207
-
(181)|
||33,385
110,704
(107,046)
-
37,043|
|||
||136,590
189,402
(213,320)
-
112,672|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **8. Membership of Pension Fund:**
- (i) **Introduction**
The charity participates in a scheme, a multi-employer scheme which provides benefits to some 638 non-associated participating employers. The scheme is a defined benefit scheme in the UK. It is not possible for the charity to obtain sufficient information to enable it to account for the scheme as a defined benefit scheme. Therefore it accounts for the scheme as a defined contribution scheme.
The scheme is subject to the funding legislation outlined in the Pensions Act 2004 which came into force on 30 December 2005. This, together with documents issued by the Pensions Regulator and Technical Actuarial Standards issued by the Financial Reporting Council, set out the framework for funding defined benefit occupational pension schemes in the UK.
The scheme is classified as a 'last-man standing arrangement'. Therefore the charity is potentially liable for other participating employers' obligations if those employers are unable to meet their share of the scheme deficit following withdrawal from the scheme. Participating employers are legally required to meet their share of the scheme deficit on an annuity purchase basis on withdrawal from the scheme.
A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out at 30 September 2020. This valuation showed assets of £800.3m, liabilities of £831.9m and a deficit of £31.6m. To eliminate this funding shortfall, the Trustee has asked the participating employers to pay additional contributions to the scheme as follows:
Deficit contributions: From 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2025 £3,312,000 per annum (payable monthly)
Unless a concession has been agreed with the Trustee the term to 31 January 2025 applies.
Note that the scheme’s previous valuation was carried out with an effective date of 30 September 2017. This valuation showed assets of £794.9m, liabilities of £926.4m and a deficit of £131.5m. To eliminate this funding shortfall, the Trustee has asked the participating employers to pay additional contributions to the scheme as follows:
## Deficit contributions:
From 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2025:
£11,243,000 per annum (payable monthly and increasing by 3% each on 1st April)
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
The recovery plan contributions are allocated to each participating employer in line with their estimated share of the Series 1 and Series 2 scheme liabilities.
Where the scheme is in deficit and where the charity has agreed to a deficit funding arrangement the charity recognises a liability for this obligation. The amount recognised is the net present value of the deficit reduction contributions payable under the agreement that relates to the deficit. The present value is calculated using the discount rate detailed in these disclosures. The unwinding of the discount rate is recognised as a finance cost .
|(ii)|**Specific to the charity**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**31 March 2024 31 March**||||
||**2023**||**(£s)**|**(£s)**||
|(a)|Present value of provision||£181|£388||
|(b)|Reconciliation of the opening and closing provisions|||||
|||**31 March**|**2024**|**31 March**|**2023**|
|||**(£s)**||**(£s)**||
||Provision at start of period||388||608|
||Unwinding of the discount factor (interest expense)||15||12|
||Deficit contribution paid||(222)||(222)|
||Remeasurements - impact of any change in assumptions||-||(10)|
||Provision at end of period||181||388|
|(c.)|Income and expenditure impact|||||
|||**31 March**|**2024**|**31 March**|**2023**|
|||**(£s)**||**(£s)**||
||Interest expense||15||12|
||Remeasurements – impact of any change in assumptions||-||(10)|
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
**Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## (d) Assumptions
Rate of discount
The discount rates shown above are the equivalent single discount rates which, when used to discount the future recovery plan contributions due, would give the same results as using a full AA corporate bond yield curve to discount the same recovery plan contributions.
## (e)Deficit contribution schedule
The following schedule details the deficit contributions agreed between the charity and the scheme at each year end period:
|**Year**|**ending**|**31**|**March**
**(£s)**|**2024**|**31**|**March**
**(£s)**|**2023**|**31**|**March**
**(£s)**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Year|1|||185|||222|||222|
|Year|2|||-|||185|||222|
|Year|3|||-|||-|||185|
These contributions have been used to derive the charity’s balance sheet liability.
## (f) Contingent liability
The potential liability of the charity of the pension scheme deficit following withdrawal from the scheme is £4,281 (2023: £5,684).
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## **HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **9. Trustees remuneration and related parties**
None of the trustees received any remuneration during the year
Expenses in the year were £nil (2023: £nil).
## **10. Staff costs and emoluments:**
|Gross salaries
Termination award
Employer’s National Insurance
Employers’ pensions contributions
Total|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
164,797
142,313
9,926
-
8,014
6,270
8,209
7,103|
|---|---|
||**190,946**
**155,686**|
Included in the above figures are gross salaries and emoluments of £22,516 (2023: £3,736) in respect of the charity’s share of the cost of staff contracted specifically for the duration of the Dad Matters project and which are included in those costs in the SOFA.
## **11. Employee numbers**
At 31 March 2024, there were 5 part time employees (2023:8).
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## _**HOME-START RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING**_
## _**Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Home-Start Runnymede and Woking for the year ended 31 March 2024**_
_I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 set out on pages 5 to 16._
## _**Respective responsibilities of trustees as directors and the examiner** ._
_The trustees, who are also directors of the company for the purposes of the Companies Act, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, and they consider that the company is exempt from an audit under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act), and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:_
- _examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act_
- _to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and_
- _to state whether particular matters have come to my attention_
## _**Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report**_
_My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below._
## _**Independent Examiner’s Statement**_
_In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:_
_1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:_
- _to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and_
- _to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 394 and 395 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities_
_have not been met; or_
_2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached._
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HOME-sfAKf RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING
Report of the tntstees convd
for the year ended 31 March 2022
The financial statements presented here are in accordance wrth the special provisions of the
Companies Act 2(XJ6 relating to small charitable companies. They comply with the charitvs
governing document. the Charities Act 2011 and the applicable Charities (Accounts and
Reporting) Regulatior
This report was approved by the trustees on 6 September 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
Mlchael Parker
Chair
HOME-sfART RUNNYMEDE AND WOKING
As at 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Assets
Cash at Bank and in Hand
Current Accounts
Savings Accounts
Cash in hand
26.245
85.063
22,144
110,903
111.316
1,813
113.129
Prepayments and grants receivable
133.055
5,863
138,918
Arnounts Pdlling due withln one year
Accruals-sundry Creditors
276
1276)
11.940)
Provisions
{1811
13881
Net CurrentAssets
112,672
136,590
Represented by
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
75.629
37.043
112.672
103,205
33,385
136,590
The trustees consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an
audit under the provisions of Sertion 477 of the Companies Att 2(J)6 and members have not
required the company to obtain an audtt of its accounts for the year in question in accordan with
Section 476 of the Act. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying wtth the
requirements of the Act vthh respert to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These
accounts have been prepared in accordan with the provisions applicable to companies subject to
the small companie< regime.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordan with the second edrtion of the Charities
Statement of Recommended practi issued in October 2019. the Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the Untted Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and the Charities Att 2011.
The Financial Statements were approved by the trustees on 6 September 2024 and signed on their
behalf. by:
Trevor PourKI
Treasurer
HOME-STARTRUNNYMEDEAND WOKING
Independentexominerfs report to the trustees of Ht>me-Stort Runnymede ond Woking
for the year ended31 March 2024
I report on the accountsfor the year ended31 Morch 2024 setout on poges 5 to 16.
Respectwe responslbilities oAtntstee$ 05 director5 and the exominer.
The trustees, who are also dirertors of the componyfor the purposes of the Compunie5 Art, ore
re5ponsiblefor the preparation of the accounts. ond they consider that the company is exempt
from an oudit under section 144{2) of the Charities Art 2011 (the 2011 Art). und that on
independent examinotion is needed. It is my responsibility to.-
exomine the account5 undersertion 145 of the 2011 Art
to follow the protrdures loid down in the geneml Dirertions given by the Chority
Commission undersertion 14515}Ib) of the 2011 Act.- ond
to state whetherparticularmatters hove come to my (rttention
Bosis of Independent Examinerfs Report
My examination was carried out in occordonce with the general Directions given by the Chority
Commission. An exomination includes (7 review of the accounting records kept by the charty
and a comparison of the t7ccounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration
of any unusuol items or di5c105ure5 in the accounts. und seeking explonations from you 05
trustees concerning any such matters. The pnxedures undertuken do not provide ull the
evidence that would be required in on oudit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether
the t7ccounts present t7 'true ondfvir view, ond the report 15 limited to those matters set out in
the stotement below.
IndependentExomlnerfs Stotement
In connertion with my examinotion. no matter hos Come to my attention.-
which gives me reusonable cause to believe thot in ony material respert the
requirements..
to keep L7ccounting records in accordonce with 5ertion 386 of the Componies Art
2006,. and
to prepare OCCDunts which t7ccord with the accounting records. comply with the
occounting requirements of sertion 394 ond 395 of the Componies Act 2006 and
with the method5 and principles of the Statement of Recommended Pmrtice."
Accounting and Reporting by Charities
hove not been met,. or
2. To which, in my opinion. irttention should be dn7wn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the occounts to be reached.
6 September 2024
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