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|Report ofthe|Trustees||1to8|
|Independent|Examiner's|Report||
|Statement<br>of|Financial|Activities|10|
|Balance Sheet|||11to 12|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|||13to 21|





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|Risk|||||Management|||||
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|Resources: Increased||competition||for statutory|Robust financial<br>framework,||cost|reduction<br>strategies,||
|and grant|income, changes||in market conditions||contingency<br>plans to protect||core|services, reserves||
|and client|behaviour|and continued||economic|policy.|||||
|pressure|on income.|||||||||
||||||It is accepted that the long|term sustainability|||of|
||||||remaining<br>an independent|charity||is something|that|
||||||requires<br>careful monitoring.|||||
|More clients using the service|||||Staffing levels are monitored||regularly<br>by the||Chief|
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|Staffing: Talented<br>staff are|Staffing: Talented<br>staff are|not attracted,|not attracted,|developed|Recruitment<br>policies and procedures.|Recruitment<br>policies and procedures.|||||
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|and retained<br>in an increasingly<br>competitive||||labour|||||||
|market.<br>We also need tro||be aware that some staff|||Formal reviews,|appraisals<br>and development||plans.|||
|could retire at similar times.|||||Salary Reviews.|Staff training<br>and progression||to|be||
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|Reputation<br>and Operation:|||Events that could impact||Comprehensive|training<br>and awareness|programme||||
|reputation<br>and operations.|||This could include<br>a||for all staff.||||||
|serious fraud or significant||health<br>and safety|||||||||
|incident.|||||Regular reviews|and reports to the Executive||Committee.|||
|Safeguarding<br>ofstaff, clients|||and volunteers||Risk assessments|and policies are in place.|||||
|Governance<br>and Processes;|||No adequate|or|Governance<br>Policy and Trustee<br>Manual||in place.||||
|appropriate<br>gover nance and|||processes<br>in place.||Five year strategy<br>in place.||||||
|Data Protection<br>Breach|||||Stringent<br>data protection<br>and cyber security|||policies||in|
||||||place, along with|privacy statements.|||||
|Cyber Security|||||Programme<br>oftraining<br>for staff.||||||
|External<br>Environment:<br>Inability to respond|||||Focusing on the|needs of people with<br>a|visual||||
|effectively to a significant|change<br>in the external||||impairment<br>and|increased<br>involvement|of clients||in||
|environment.|||||the development|ofthe organisation<br>and services.|||||
||||||Partnership<br>working.||||||
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|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES<br>||||||
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|FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH 2022||||2022|2021|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Tota<br>I|Tota<br>I|
||Note|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
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|INCOMING<br>RESOURCES||||||
|Incoming resources from||||||
|generated<br>funds||||||
|Voluntary<br>income|2|39,640|149,865|189,505|150,627|
|Activities for generating<br>funds|3|595|0|595|1,628|
|Investment<br>income|4|4,022|0|4,022|6,033|
|Incoming<br>resources from||||||
|charitable<br>activities||||||
|Activities<br>in furtherance<br>ofthe||||||
|charity's objects|5|26,538|100|26,638|23,112|
|Total Incoming<br>Resources||70,795|149,965|220,760|181,400|
|RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||
|Costs ofgenerating<br>funds||||||
|Fundraising<br>trading: cost of||||||
|goods sold and other costs|6|11,175|878|12,053|13,505|
|Charitable<br>activities||||||
|Activities<br>in furtherance<br>ofthe||||||
|charity's objects|7|151,879|159,348|311,227|294,448|
|Goverance<br>costs|11|6,290|0|6,290|6,899|
|Total Resources Expended||169,344|160,226|329,570|314,852|
|NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING)||||||
|RESOURCES||-98,549|-10,261|-108,810|-133,452|
|Other recognised<br>gains/losses||||||
|Realised gains/losses<br>on sale of||||||
|fixed asset investments||33,126|0|33,126|14,383|
|Net movement<br>in funds||-65,423|-10,261|-75,684|-119,069|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward||423,574|118,611|542,185|471,639|
|Transfer Restricted<br>Fixed Assets||6,099|-6,099|||
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||364,250|102,251|466,501|352,570|





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|BALANCE SHEET<br>|||||
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|AT 31MARCH 2022|||2022|2021|
||||Total|Total|
|||Note|Funds|Funds|
|FIXED ASSET|||||
|Tangible Restricted Assets||17|17,048|12,917|
|Land 8 Buildings||17|150,000|150,000|
|Investments||18|242,266|326,322|
||||409,314|489,239|
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||
|Stocks|||10,765|10,138|
|Debtors<br>IL Payments|in Advance|19|8,323|6,329|
|Cash at Bank|||68,882|50,537|
||||87,970|67,004|
|CREDITORS|||||
|Amounts<br>falling due|||||
|within<br>one year||20|30,783|14,058|
||||30,783|14,058|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||57,187|52,946|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS|||||
|CURRENT LIABILITIES|||466,501|542,185|
|NET ASSETS|||466,501|542,185|
|FUNDS||21|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||364,250|423,574|
|Restricted<br>funds|||102,251|118,611|
|TOTALFUNDS|||466,501|542,185|





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|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATE<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH|MENTS - CONTINUED<br> 2022|||||
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|2. VOLUNTARY<br>INCOME||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
|||f|f|E|f|
|Donations<br>and Gifts||31,771|55,910|87,681|64,816|
|Legacies||7,869||7,869|2,461|
|Lottery Fund - Triage|||9,996|9,996|0|
|Benefit Officer Project|||83,959|83,959|83,350|
|||39,640|149,865|189,505|150,627|
|3. ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING|FUNDS|Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
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|Ge n era<br>I fun dra ising||505|0|505|1,628|
|Lettings||90|0|90|0|
|||595|0|595|1,628|
|4. INVESTMENT INCOME||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
|||f|f|E|f|
|Income from listed investments||3,631|0|3,631|6,032|
|Interest Receivable||391|0|391|1|
|||4,022|0|4,022|6,033|
|5. INCOMING<br>RESOURCES FROM|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
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|Service charge||2,740||2,740|2,742|
|Membership<br>subscriptions||11,535||11,535|13,877|
|Grants Receivable||0|100|100|205|
|Sale of aids &equip||12,263||12,263|6,288|
|||26,538|100|26,638|23,112|
|6. FUNDRAISING<br>TRADING: COST OF GOODS SOLD AND OTHER COSTS||||2022|2021|
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|Staff costs||||10,665|13,505|
|Other costs||||510|0|
|Depreciation||||878|0|
|||||12,053|13,505|
|7. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS|||Grant funding|Support||
|||Direct costs|ofactivities|costs|Totals|
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|Activities<br>in furtherance||E|f|f|f|
|ofthe charity's objects||238,291|229|72,707|311,227|





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|Staff salaries|||||||62,709|119,610|182,319|193,159|
|Talking<br>News & Links Voice|||||||0|982|982|0|
|Domiciliary|visiting|service|||||1,539|0|1,539|725|
|Volunteer<br>exps<br>&||Groups|||||338|100|438|0|
|Befriending|service||||||10,029|0|10,029|2,824|
|Benefit Officer exps|||||||0|25,156|25,156|26,406|
|Purchase of|aids &|equipment|||||7,639|2,304|9,943|7,232|
|IT Project &|support costs||||||0|5,652|5,652|1,454|
|Trailer exps|||||||0|1,621|1,621|504|
|Depreciation|||||||0|612|612|4,936|
||||||||82,254|156,037|238,291|237,240|
|9, GRANTS|PAYABLE||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
|Activities<br>in|furtherance|||ofthe|||f||f|f|
|charity's objects|||||||129|100|229|205|
|Grants payabie<br>relate to||||individuals|in line with the charity's||objectives.||||
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|10. SUPPORT COSTS|||||||||f|E|
|Activities<br>in furtherance|||ofthe charity's|||objects|||72,707|57,003|
|Support costs included|||in|the above|are|as follows:|||||
||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2022|2021|
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|Wages|||||||55,328|0|55,328|50,235|
|Head Office costs|||||||13,745|2,733|16,478|5,651|
|Trave<br>I|||||||75|0|75|65|
|Subscriptions|||||||348|0|348|414|
|Depreciation|||||||0|478|478|638|
||||||||69,496|3,211|72,707|57,003|
|11. GOVERNANCE||COSTS|||||||2022|2021|
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|Staff costs|||||||||1,000|1,000|
|Professional|fees||||||||5,165|5,877|
|Meetings<br>and conferences|||||||||125|22|
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|12. NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING)RESOURCES|||||||||||
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|Net resources|are stated||after charging/(crediting);||||||f|E|
|Depreciation|- owned assets||||||||1,968|5,573|





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|The average<br>monthly<br>number ofemployees|The average<br>monthly<br>number ofemployees|during the year was as follows:|
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|Sight impairment|Officers||
|Benefit Officers|||
|Fundraising|||
|Administration|&Support services||
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||Trailer|Equipment|Laptops|Totals|
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|COST||f|f|f|
|At 1April 2021|15,437|10,794|3,269|29,500|
|Additions|0|1,394|4,705|6,099|
|At 31March 2022|15,437|12,188|7,974|35,599|
|DEPRECIATION|||||
|At 1April 2021|3087|10,417|3,079|16,583|
|Charge for year|617|377|974|1,968|
|At 31March 2022|3,704|10,794|4,053|18,551|
|NET BOOK VALUE|||||
|At 31March 2022|11,733|1,394|3,921|17,048|
|At 31March 2021|12,350|377|190|12,917|



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|Land|&. Build|ings at cost||||150,000|
|Comparable||historical cost for the land and buildings|included|at valuation:|||
|Land|&Buildings valuation||||2022|2021|
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|Cost|||||193,830|193,830|
|Accumulated||Depreciation|||0|0|
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|18. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS|Fixed Asset|
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||Investments|
|COST|E|
|At 1April 2021|326,322|
|Additions|70,561|
|Disposals|-189,126|
|Profit/Loss<br>on Sale of Investments|33,125|
|Dividends<br>re-invested|1,384|
|At 31March 2022|242,266|
|Market Values|f|
|At 31March 2022|273,920|
|At 31March 2021|378,334|



|19. DEBTORS:AMOUNTS|FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|2022|2021|
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|Other debtors|||8,323|6,329|
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|20. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS||FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|2022|2021|
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|Deferred<br>Income|||10,207|6,052|
|Taxation and social security|||5,533|2,554|
|Other creditors|||15,043|5,452|
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|Net movement<br>in fund|s,<br>included<br>in the abov|e are as follows:|||||||
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|||31/03/2021|resources|expended|Losses|31/03/2022|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||f|f|E|E|||
|General fund||423,574|70,795|-169,344|33,126|358,151|||
|Restricted<br>funds|||||||||
|Designated<br>funds - Benefit Advice Project||88,431|83,959|-110,772||61,618|||
|Lottery Fund - Triage SIO||0|9,996|-9,996||||0|
|Befriending<br>Donations||0|23,997|-23,997||||0|
|Trailer Expenses<br>Fund||8,634|0|-1,621||7,013|||
|Grants||0|100|-100||||0|
|Mablethorpe<br>Club Funds||196|0|0||||196|
|Westcliff Club Funds||114|0|0||||114|
|Tesco Club Funds||105|340|0||||445|
|Moorland<br>Lincoln<br>Funds||293|0|-100||||193|
|Horncastle<br>Club Funds||50|0|0||||50|
|IT Equipment/Support|Fund|20,788|31,573|-13,640||38,721|||
|||118,611|149,965|-160,226||108,350|||
|TOTALFUNDS||542,185|220,760|-329,570|33,126|466,501|||
|||Balance|Incoming|Resources|Gains and|Balance|||
|||31/03/2020|resources|expended|Losses|31/03/2021|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||E|f|E|f|||
|General fund||516,094|57,103|-179,443|29,820|423,574|||
|Restricted funds|||||||||
|Designated<br>funds<br>- 8enefit Advice Project||116,214|83,350|-111,133||88,431|||
|Befriending<br>Donations||0|18,500|-18,500||||0|
|Lines Community<br>Fund||0|2,500|-2,500||||0|
|Trailer Expenses<br>Fund||10,000|14,575|-15,941||8,634|||
|Grants||0|205|-205||||0|
|Mabiethorpe<br>Club Funds||196|0|0||||196|
|Westciiff Club Funds||114|0|0||||114|
|Tesco Club Funds||105|0|0||||105|
|Moorland<br>Lincoln<br>Funds||293|0|0|||293||
|Horncastle<br>Club Funds||50|0|0||||50|
|IT Equipment/Support|Fund|18,188|5,167|-2,567||20,788|||
|TOTAL FUNDS||661,254|181,400|-330,289|29,820|542,||185|





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