**Chair’s Report July 2022 – June 2023** **“I have put on weight, which I needed to and I don't feel as tired. Also it has helped me apply for jobs through Jobcentre and I have one set up for when my ID arrives”** Sussex Nightstop – registered charity (Charity Number: 1132386) and company limited by guarantee (Companies House: 06822217) Published November 2023 2 ## **Celebrating 15 years of service to the local community** Sussex Nightstop has gone from strength to strength across 2022-2023. We have responded to one of the highest levels of demand we’ve seen in five years with young people experiencing homelessness sleeping safe in one of our volunteer host homes on 288 nights – an increase of 73% in our guest stays compared to the previous year. With service safety and quality central to our work, our guest ‘check-in’ feedback after their first night stay is a good indicator and addition to the rich conversations our service coordinators have with each guest. ## **Delivering on our vision** Our vision is that everyone has access to a secure and sustainable home and the opportunity to sleep safe at night. A more robust approach to insight and data makes us confident that our offer is making our vision reality. We now stay in touch with our young guests for much longer and use our trusted relationship with them to take action where we can, to prevent a return to rough-sleeping and to make our impact ‘stick’. **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 3 ## **Building resilience and aspirations** Our unique model of home-hosting and wrap-around support continues to provide us with privileged insight into the experiences and aspirations of our young guests. 50% of guests this year were working or studying, including sitting (and passing) their GCSEs. Their resilience and ambition to improve their circumstances is always evident. ## **“Working earning money, going to college to improve English, exercise, football. All the good things in life….”** As we have seen the range and depth of complexities facing our young people rise over this year our practice of face-to-face, day-in, day-out wrap around support has become ever more important and the benefits are clear. However, some worrying trends have emerged over this year, linked to cost-of-living impacts and related reduction in suitable housing options: - A third of young people who stayed with us last year stayed twice as long: 21 or more nights **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 4 - Many of our young people consider themselves to be neurodivergent (diagnosed and undiagnosed) - A concerning over-representation of some young people engaging in the service - noticeably those often most traumatised and at risk of marginalisation: This has amplified the importance of our diversity, equality and inclusion work and the need to ensure that young people’s voices are heard and reflected in the service. Working with both Watch This Sp_ce and Allsorts, our Trustees, Staff and Volunteers have continued to improve their inclusive practice, access and support for young people of colour and those identifying as LGBTQ+. ## **“I think it’s made me more determined to deal with ‘minor’ issues around racism, that are often just ignored or not considered serious enough to warrant action.” Racial inclusion and allyship training attendee** Setting up referral points with local college partners, we have also taken our ‘front door’ out into the community. Going where young people are rather than expecting them to find us, we hope to improve awareness and access and we will continue to expand these community referral points with other local agencies. This work can never stand alone and understanding what young people need and want from us is vital. Our Spring 2023 Youth Focus group re-launched a fresh plan for this work, continuing through one-to-one conversations with our Nightstop guests, and now we are seeking the community perspective of young people who may need us at some point. Key points of service confidence: - understand and feel ‘held’ by the Nightstop service boundaries - even if they felt fearful of staying with strangers, they knew it would be safe - benefited from the Nightstop offer being co-located in the same place as wider **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 5 young homelessness and advice services Recommended improvements actioned as a result: - a plain English overhaul of our postcard for young people - working with our new and existing volunteer host households towards offering greater continuity of nights - opening up new community referral points into Nightstop ## **A community responding** We are nothing without our volunteers and our plans for growth have continued in earnest. Welcoming six new households this year - their impact has been immediate. **“I’ve found it a varied experience, sometimes mundane, sometimes challenging, sometimes deeply interesting, but feeling I’m helping provide respite to the diverse mixture of young people who need it. As a newcomer it’s been really reassuring to know that the on-call team is there all the time and that the next day I will be able to discuss any concerns or issues.” Rosie, host** We know that to meet demand and provide the stability that young people find in longer continuous stays, we need more host households and have more to do so our host households better reflect our service beneficiaries. Recruitment remains a priority for 2023-2024. Firmly embedded across our activities our volunteers are not only hosting. Our volunteer On-call Team of seven enables us to provide a reassuring 24-hour point of contact – without them a young person cannot stay. Our community ambassadors are a crucial part of our recruitment activities and awareness-raising in their localities. We can not thank our volunteers enough. They remain tirelessly dedicated to providing the highest quality of experience for our young guests and it is a privilege to count them amongst our team. **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 6 ## **Funds and finances** Our individual donors, community and corporate supporters have grown and continued to wrap themselves around us and we are incredibly grateful. Our business ambassador Richard Zinzan of Archangels Architects and Sam Murphy, new Trustee and Director of our corporate partner Mortgage Medics tirelessly championed our cause, resulting in a high profile at networking events (and impressive raffle revenues!) and healthy demand for our inaugural Tryathlon event. The year ended with a new partnership: Artists Open Houses. Like Sussex Nightstop, the participating artists in this local initiative have for many years been warmly welcoming strangers into their homes – the resonance with Sussex Nightstop is obvious and the community of participating artists have truly embraced us and shown extraordinary generosity in donating art pieces to our first Art Auction, which raised £3,000. **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 7 ## **A word from our treasurer** There was a significant amount of uncertainty as we entered 2022-2023 as to how the fundraising environment would recover post covid and with that we set an ambitious income target of £105,690 within a budget balanced by the release of unrestricted reserves. Taking a mixed-fundraising approach we have generated income of £143,765. Grant awards continue to be our major source of our income, but with the great support of our supporters and volunteers, we increased our business and individual donations during the year. In addition we raised £9,239 from our very successful Tryathlon event. ## Income split 2022-2023 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Business donations, £8,165
Community
donations,
Individual donations,
£3,150
£12,082
Bank interest,
Re-gifted host £323
expenses, £1,616
Unrestricted
trusts & grants,
£3,500 Awards &
grants, £105,690
Event income,
£9,239
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Our fundraising success combined with efficient management of costs means we end 2022-2023 with a surplus of £3,718, and reserves of £78,515 (of which 46% are restricted) and committed to work that continues into 2023-2024. We therefore start our next financial year in a strong position. ||**2022**|**2023**| |---|---|---| |Income|£ 68,227|£143,765| |Expenditure|£125,145|£140,047| |Restricted Reserves|£0|£35,905| |Unrestricted Reserves|£74,797|£42,610| |**Total**|**£74,797**|**£78,515**| For 2023-2024, we expect demand on our service to grow further and with it the level of frontline staff support needed to respond. As such we plan to make judicious use of unrestricted reserves where thresholds allow to increase capacity and have budgeted a breakeven budget that will allow for inflationary increases in most of our expenses. **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 8 ## **The Sussex Nightstop team** Our work is driven by an experienced, skilled and committed Board and staff team who aspire to the highest quality of delivery and governance in how we achieve that. This year we said goodbye to trustee Dr Ceri DaviesTyrie after four years of service. As past Chair of Board, Ceri’s legacy has been a Board that operates at the highest level of diligence and accountability. We treat that legacy preciously. We also said farewell to our Treasurer of 10 years, John O’Sullivan who steered our finances with an exacting eye for detail and most importantly, established an open financial culture where understanding was supported and challenge welcomed. Co-running with John to ensure a smooth transition we are delighted to welcome Gareth Anderson as our new Treasurer and our Board has been strengthened further by the welcoming of new trustees Denise Mcsween, James Kilmartin (Trustee Safeguarding Lead) and Sam Murphy. We sadly said goodbye to our longstanding service coordinator Sian, but her care and compassion for our young people remains a golden thread through our continued work. Her replacement Tom joins H in coordinating our vital frontline work with young people. We are incredibly fortunate to have their combined knowledge and experience; it’s their skilled input with our young people and service coordination that is so impactful. Mitchelle joined as Comms & Engagement Assistant and along with Liz brings formidable energy and creativity to our outreach, nurturing the collaboration and community response central to our success and importantly ensuring that young people find us when they need us. Thank you to everyone involved in the kind community that makes up Sussex Nightstop. Tim Williamson, Chair of Sussex Nightstop November 2023 **Chair’s Report 2022-23** 9 ## **A huge thanks to our funders and supporters** We rely on funds from grants and trusts to carry out our vital work and invite them to share in our successes this year. As a community response to youth homelessness, we look forward to continued growth of our supportive business community. Thanks to the many Sussex businesses who supported us with raffle prizes and other fundraising activities this year. Accredited by De Paul UK A service for everyone **Chair’s Report 2022-23** Ch•rlty R•gl¥tr•tlon No. 1132386 Reg1gtratlDn No. 06822217 (England and Walesl nightstop SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATNE INFORMATION Trustees Mr C Storvjl MS A ￿￿keY Ms J IAcore Mr T Vllliamson Mr G Anderson lapwnted 26 January 20231 Mr J Kilmartin lapwnled 26 January 20231 Mr S Murphy18ppointed 26 January 2023) Ms O McSW14pp￿ft￿l 26 Aw'l 20231 Charlty numhr 1132386 Company numb•r 08822217 Rog￿tr￿d offlc• 7.9TheAvenL E8sl Sussox BN213YA Ind•p•nd•nt ox*mln•r Antrw Smth FCA Humphrey & Co 7- 9 The Avenue Easl Sussox BN213YA B•nk•rn 1641165 Rd Bnght 8N1 28B Tricd)s Bank C)eanary Ro•J Bristol BS1 &4S SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED CONTENTS Pag• TNslee8' rer statOm￿￿ of trust￿•. rnJFonsibilth'e8 Ind•pond•nt •x•min•rf8 r•pth1 Statement olfinancial activths Balance Shoot Notes to th• 8¢¢4)unlo 9-17 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 comply wth the charity's g)veming dwjment, thé C¢Jmpanies Act 20C6. the chanb.es Act 2011 8nd "Accounts'ng and Reporting by Charits"es'. Statement of Reeommended Prath"ce appl￿ble to charibes preparing their occounts in acC￿￿￿nCe wth the FinarrA81 ReF*￿.￿ StarmIa￿ appliCa￿e in IM UK a￿1 Republi¢ of Irdand IFRS 1021 le￿Ve 1 January 20191". The accounts (fina￿￿1 slatementsl havè wepar&J lo and P*'rf 8rvJ have departed from tho Charitsès (Aeeounts and Rep)rtsl Regulatims 2C#)8 only to the exient requir8d to provide a Irue and fair vievl. Thli departure has involved follwng Accounb'ng and Reporti'ry by Charitiès preparing theif accounts in accordance with the Finanual RepNb'ng Stsndard aFWi¢atAe in the UK and Repu￿1¢ of IrelaTrJ leffecty've 1 JaTrL￿ry 20191 rather than ￿ Acc4)untsry and Re￿￿r￿j by Ctwth. Ststemenl of Recc¥nmended Prxti¢e effecbve from 1 Aprll 2005 wthich has wn¢• tth) ¥ntMr8*n. 8tru¢tur•. gov•m•nc• and fft•n•g•nwftt The organisatbon is 8 Charrta￿e eompary limited ty gLwarrtee, 17 Febntary 2009 and was rggistered the Chanty Commissw ￿ 28 Ctlc**r 2(￿. Thè Company was e5￿￿1s1￿ undor a Memorandum ol A880ualion e8lablisW fv rt¥oras 8rKI pmrs of thant•ble ctynpany 8TrJ is govfftd undèr tt8 Articles ofAs8c¢iatson. In the event of th¢ company being wound up membern are rth]uired lo contribute an amount not excegding £10. The InMtee8, wtK¥ 8T• dso th• th'r•clor8 fr* IM wrxxé ol compwy Lw, arKI WI￿ ••rb*d pèriod 8Tr1 up lo d•to of *gn•tUrn ThW•: Mr J O'sullivan {rnwgned 27 Juty 20231 Mrcst Ms C Davie>Tyri• Ir•sffjned 8 De￿mber 2022) MJ A Hickny M5 J Moore Mr T Wlliamson Mr G Anderson l¥ppthrrt•d 26 January 2023) Mr J Kilmartin laprthnled 26 January 20231 Mr S Muiphy18ppoint8d 26 January 2023) M¥ D McSknn18pwnled 28 Apn'l 20231 experience in the of strategic S￿Onni￿d. ¢tynmunty elwth￿, ffin8r￿ charitsble govemance. attendanee and discuwons at Boar¢1 methry and strategic awoy days. Onwr4J trustee development is *hièved through 8ttend8nce al extemal evenls and training 85 correlate to the indmdual learning r*eeds of Trustees and an annual skills audit olthe full Lwftl. I tru8tees ￿¥• tr*r b'me volurtsrity aNI recw40 fr{￿ ts Itssty. NJI tru8te88 grve th8ir time vduntsrity The 8oafd of Trustees are respon*t4e for the strategic directi￿ arKI of the charty. At present the Board is mode up of Trustees frryn a variety of bad(grounds relevant to thè vth of the thanty. Sussex Nightstop Plus knmiied 15 affiliated lo t)oPwl UK IRoyiJtÈred Chonty NLMnW. 802384) and its ac*.¥￿"•S are The trustees have assessed the major nsks to whA* Ihe rtbwty rf exFofed. sob'sfi•d that systems ar• in plaee to mrtigate exKx)suTr lo the major risks. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 ObJgcUvM and •ctlvlll•¥ The chanty's obj'ttts ère to relieve Ihe n*J. hardship cff distress of ttrv)se in hwsng need by enabling a communty led r8sFonse lo hJation orvj suppNt. We do this through our networt of vc4tNrtoer h08ts open up tr*'r hfy)w8 to Mlp ytyJrYJ peo* 8t risk of I￿8188$ne81. Th8 tru8leos c￿ffi￿n that the ackn￿t￿ unowtsken ty ts Charity in tim8 pwiod have been duly wthin our Chanfable Ow'ects as 1)uUir*d and our th has cancerthled on thè faolrtab.cffl and wwuemont of our nofvrnk of volunteer hosts lo open up their homes to hdp youw Fecwe at risk of homeles5r￿s. Achl•v•m•nts •Dd ￿rf0mMnc• A busy 8rKI rvwarding year, Sussex Nigh15top has cy)nlinued Tts vrtèl WO￿ young people gxpertenrAThJ hom8le88ne88. Throw our commrtted ¥￿￿nteer host nets¥ork we've continued lo enabl• yourwJ peo￿• lo occ088 safe. over-nighl 8ccommc4J8tion ¢Y￿ ol our trained arKI trusted volunteer hoBt homes, wthil8t Wè 8LlPWt thèm durtng the day lo achte¥8 trdr tr#yJ•lTrJ goal. Vlth the pand8mlc ￿h1￿8 us, saw ts domaThJ for thè ser¥1￿ Incrèa88 V•th IM number o18afe nigh18 that volunteer hosts have a¢xc¥nmodatéd riJrwJ to 288 auom this y8ar- a 73% inm8e prgw'ous 2021-2022 year. We have seen firsth8nd the increased C>)Mple￿be9 that Y￿ng pewe arn laurKJ a8 the rislng cost of livirffj squeezes them fijrther and fijrther away frrrfn htyjsing market. We have ytyjrw pwle r￿ding lo stay wth us for longer b&fore their IK*U8ing ￿an comes to frurtiw arKI ts day-tr￿daY WT*parc¥Jnd wovid•d lo young peopki by our fmnlline team ha8 nwer vitsl in Maint&"rti￿￿ vAlI￿"n9 and resuience. In rgsponse, have continu8d ath"wiies auoss this year that aim to irvoasg our volunteer host home recruitment and that develop the ways in vthich ywThJ Fwle a￿6$5 our seTrK*, indudin9 the opening up of direct links rtnws •nd thts Ibrrk ccrfnues. Vk w8nt y¢Jung F•opl• to bè at tm hèwt of ¥•P do ￿838¢d 10 h8vo rdreS￿ and ravlaur￿￿ our prc*3Tamm8 ofwork to Captu￿ the thwhls ofyoung peor48 v•*￿ have u8ed the 8eMce as V•tll 8s those haven't. This year, we note that young LG8TQ+ r*ople, yCXff￿J people of young reftw and asylum seekers arKI young Fqopl• Èxperiencing neUrC#Jiverge￿ are disproporticfflatety represented wrthin the yourvJ people that we Iwp. We came t&Jether as w organisation 1¢ agree ac11￿3 ￿ wnll tske lo ￿lure thal are *plcoming, indu&ve and meth.ng the needs of larKI all) yw people Wt￿ ne•d us. Ilthilst w¥ kn(M have much further lo go, are pleased to finish th• year with a Trustee, Staff Vc4unt•er group more refiective of our beneftaari88 and hawng benefftod in rwal arwj LGTBQ+ awargn8s# trainiry. SU$tain8b￿ty of Chanty has r•main#d a pnth. 8uiklirwJ fwndati(Th laid in the pmiou8 year, ￿ ore pleased to have enioyed $ustain8d $UPF4Yt from existing cor[￿t￿thanfy patherships as wo11 as attracting new 8UPPYt in this area. Our communty fi)ndraI￿n9 is as impjtsnl as ever and our charitable inth'atsve Brighton & Hove Artists OFen Houses has been a hWI￿ht of 2022-2023. We are thankful to 011 tho irKlividuals vtho leilher on theirown or through thtr gro￿, orplace of7hiyth"p} have 8upw￿ and trustaThJ 9rantfunder8 a(xoss this peritsd." Brighton & Hove City Coundl. Chalk Clrfl Tnjst, 8riglrton & Hove Buses Community Grants. British Humang Assoctats'on, DePaul UK. Lcul Giving Magic Litde Grnnt. Mrs Ann L8cey-Tate Twst, National Lottery Awards for All, Sussex C¢Jmmunity Foundation. The Albert Hunt Trust, The Allen Lane Foundatlon. The Betsy Foundation. The Jaspar Fourthli￿, Th8 People5 PostcrAle Lottwy, Tr Til* The 2* May 1961 Charity. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 Flnancial revlow Aftefa numberofyearn ofsu¢**ssfvl fuTrlrnigrydurirwJ Sussex NNJhtstop began the yearwth Un￿trIcted reserves of £75,000. As suth, it was in a posib'ClI lo w Operati￿ to yKovid levels in resrthse to the demands placed on the chanty and set a the year wth expenses of £144.000 IFY 2022.. £125,000) and income al £109.OLThJ IFY 2022." £68,000). vith reserves r&Jwng lo £40.000. For the fiTrt half of the year. ￿ track•J b8hiThY ¢JJr income targets 8¢xled back some experKliture ￿an$ 88 anliupated a greater defiat than tr*Ageted. In the sec(NKI hglf of the year. ma¢Je a strong r¢eovery wtih a number of 8ignificanl awards l* In tr* year resulbng in fuN yg•r in(*me 01£144.000. £34.OW 8bov8 W. Expenses ￿re £140.000 £144.W)I meanirKJ trot ￿ had a Su￿u8 of £4,000 for the year. increawry reserves to £79.OC¥). Re80r￿S are £36,1)JO of re81ftct￿ rosorves as at year end and £43.000 of unrestricted res6Nes. This compares favourabty tpthh the 8oard apyoved deswn8ted minimum threslvjd of £30,000. 11 should also be Tr)ted that£27.000 oflt*•e re8ery•s had yotto ￿ f•cavod at year arvj are rKordgd as debtors in Ihg gccounts. Futurn y••r Incom• and •xp•ndltur• r•qulr•m•nts Given the increase in dgmarxl forour 88M'CeS V4* have to increase r88¢wrce levels thi$ye8rwth inflots'onary increase exF*Cted in fiJture years. F￿ 88th year. ￿ have agreed that the Iwdg8t should be 861 $u¢h that i1￿me will cover èxpense levd8 Set tsfgets of £156.000 2023r24, £167,¢)00 for 2024125 and £171,000 for 2025126. We *ill ¢4ry Out regular mim ol cur furthaiwry strategy in b8 a dwlWJiThJ I￿￿1￿81ng onvironmenl. Plan• for th• futurn Moving fryw4rd$ are continuing lo t￿lId on ftyJndob'oMI of the last year, Thlth a m8irttairwd lo￿3 on 9rowng our volunteer l*)st household wol as 88 owning up th8 range of where youTrJ F40ple can flnd OLrt about and accéss our seNice. We are ￿"r@ yLJrth vou woth al the centrg of thgse ftrture acts'viligs and we'll te proactively pursuirvj our diversty, equolty aTrJ indLbsion F48n 4Mth th￿1 irrights and needs in mind. our young guests nee(ling to slay vath us for longer w¥ that we will bè adju8tiNJ the kvel, type and duralion of our SUPPOrt at this eritul potnt In tttw'r INe8. Vle will be invests'ng in time wth our cc4*Jes al￿ partners who have stskehold in youth homejessness to ensure that our 8eThKe remains relevant. impactlul gNJ purposeful in arb environment where resources across fv system are shrinkirvj 8rKI t* givirwJ considèrnb'on 8$ to how w¢ b8st serve young people experienarvJ homelessrftu for 4vl)om housirvJ opts"on8 are reduang. The trusted relationships we have wth ￿r volLmteers, and S￿r$ from xross the vc4untary. PLtblic and communty and corporate Se￿¢￿ will ￿tinue to ￿ our most ¥aluth as￿ and will romain at the heart of future ￿an8. Ro••rv• Pollcy Sussex Nightstop IMII from time to time estsblish arKi tKJild up reseryes to stralw'c devdopments, unexpected exFenditure not tjudgeted ft>r, unexFected shorffalls in Ir￿e. d05ure costs and day to day cashflow. It 1$ the polic of the ¢harity that Unfestri¢ttrJ vthtch l)ave not been de￿gnated for a sp&Jfic use be fflaintained at least to a level equNalent lo three nmxth, exp￿dI￿re. we estimate to ￿ £30,000. On beholf of the tQor(l of twstges.. Mr T Wtlllamson SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES The trustees. who are also the director¥ of Sussex Nlghtstop Plus Limrted for the PUTPOS8 of comparry law, are responsible for preparing the TNstees' Report and the Financial Stslements in accordance wth applicable law and Uniled Kingdom Accounts"rtg Stsndards (United Kingdom Generally A￿epted Accounting Practice). Including FRS 102"The Financial Rewting Stsndard applI￿￿e in the UK Ind Republic of Ireland.. Company law requires the trustees lo prepare financial 8talements for each finanryal year glve 8 tnje and fair view of the state of affaiT5 of the charity and of thg incorning resourcés and applleètlon of re8ourc08, induding the incomè and expenditure, of the charity for that wod. In preparing the8e xcounts. thé tru8le08 are roquifed to.. . ￿1•¢1 $uit8bl8 8cctyJnting pollaes a￿1 th•n appty them con818tenty, - observe the method8 8fKI printiplo8 In the Chafities SORP,. - m•k• ILWments and 08ilmates that are prudent. . state ther 4ppli¢4blo UK Accoun￿￿9 Stsndards have been lollu4wd, 8utpct lo any matOn￿ departur•8 disdosed and ex￿•1￿•d in t￿ finanagl slatefflents,. and - Fvep8re tho a¢¢ounl8 on the golng concem baslj unl•$$ It 1$ Inapproprtats lo prewme that the chartty VAII ¢onttnu• In operatlon. Th& trnitee8 are r88pon8ible for k9tr￿.ng adequate accounting T8￿r(l¥ Ihal are $uffiaant to show and explaln the charfty's transaction$ and dlsclo88 wbth reasonable accurncy at any lime the finandal p0811ion of the chartty and en8blo them to ensure that the accounts comply wth the Comp8ni88 Act 2008. They are a180 responsiblè for safèguardlng the a88ets of the ch•rtty and hon￿ for taklng le8￿nable Jl•p8 for t￿ pr￿en￿On and d8tttOon offraud ar￿ other irregularities. The Iru8lee8 are Tupon￿bIe1OT lh• m4lntsnance and Integrty of th• corporale and fln8n¢lal Infomialton lnraU￿J on Ihe ch8rity'$ website. Legislèbon in the United Kingdom goveming p￿pAratiOn ar￿ d1880mination of finand81 $t4tements may dlffer from Iwlllats'on In othw I￿8￿1¢t10n1. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED 2023. Rwponslbillties and ljtsls of rnport AS the charity's trustees ofthe Company a￿ also the dire(tys ofthe ￿Mparry forthe purposes ofcompany lawl, you a￿ reSw)nsil￿8 ts the prgparalion of the accounts in accordance the Wu1￿ments of tho Crynpanies Ad 21￿ fft 2CK6 ALf). Havir*J sats'sfied mysdfthat Ihe #cu￿nts ofthe com￿nY are not Nuired to be audrted for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 and are eligit4e for independent ex8minab"cm, l ￿F￿rt in resF*Ct of my examination of your ch8rty's accounts as carrbed OLrt under Secti￿ 145 of the Charities Act 2011 llhe 2011 Acn. In carrying OLrt my examinatiw. I have fd10¥￿1 ts Direth¢)ns given by ts Charty Commission (under sedth 14515llbl of the 2011A Ind•p•ndent examln•rfs staleThnt I have completed my examination. l thai Th) matw￿l maitws have ccyne to my attenti￿ gives n7e the ac￿￿nts (kj not rdevanl accounting reqUireM￿ts urtraer Section 396 of the Companies Act 2C(6 otherthan any requirement thatthe ac£ryJnts gNe a'true and fairf view %thich the ￿oUnts have been prepared in ac￿rda￿ WTth the meltK¥Js and prtrriples of the Statemert of Recommended Practice accountirKJ and reportJ"rKJ by charibes appFicat4e lo cha￿"e$ prepanng J)w"r aecc*Jrts in 7Mtr+ Fina￿la1 Stsndard applicable in the UK and RepU￿1C of IrelaThJ (FRS 102). Anthony Smlth FCA Humphrey & Co 7. 9 Avttmje E•sltKurr East Sussex BN21 3YA oi SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 Unr•8trfct•d RMtrl¢tsd Fund• Fund• Totsl 2023 Totsl 2022 Not•• Donations and grants Income from other trading act¢¥￿83 Investment incomè 28,343 9,100 324 107,998 134.341 9,100 324 88,212 15 Totsl Incomlng rn•our¢ 35.767 107.998 143,766 88,227 Raiwng fvnd$ Charit8bl• advlll 17.409 50,545 17,409 122,838 5,298 119.847 72,093 Total rn•our¢M •xp•nd•d 67.964 72,093 140.047 125,145 N•t Incom•ll•xp•ndltur•l for th• y•arf N•t mov•m•nt In lund• 132,1871 3S,905 3,718 {56.918) Fund bg18n¢ts at 1 Juty 2022 74,797 74.797 131,715 Fund ￿lIft¢•• It 30 Jun• 2023 42.810 36.908 78,5115 74,797 Tho stat•m¢nl offfinandal 8ctivwi￿ indth 811 galm ar￿108￿￿ recogni￿0 In the ywr. hjl IrKome and exponditure den've from continuing actlvilim. under thg Compani88 Aci 20Ce. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED BALANCE SHEET ASAT30JUNE2023 2023 2022 Not•B Flx•d a••ets Tangible assets 10 1.011 999 Cun•nt a￿1% Debtor¥ Cash at bank and in hand 11 38,477 62,081 81.019 98,668 83,519 Cr•dltorn: amunt• falllng du• wlthln on• y•ar 12 {21.0841 {9,7211 N•t curr•nt au•ts 77.S04 73,798 Tot•1 a•••ts IM• Gurr•nt Il•blllti 74,797 In¢om• fvnd• R￿In¢t8d funds 13 36.908 Unr•8lricted fvnds 14 42,610 74,797 78,515 74,797 F¢y the year in question, th• charitsb￿ compeny w88 enthled lo exemptson from an audlt urthr 80¢tion 477 of the Companies Ad 2006. Th• memljers have not required thaiitAble company lo obtain an audit of ils xcounts fort￿ year in questi in 4ceorrtance vth sedion 478 of the Act. The Iru$lfjesldire¢tors acknry4v1edgè thelr rn8p)nw'bilib'e8 for complying ￿ tho requiremen18 olthe Companle8 Act 20￿ wlh re* lo accounting records and the prep8rth.on of accounts. These financsal statements have prepar￿ in a￿ordanCe wth the prow8ions appllcable to companies subject lo the small companies regime. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT30 JUNE 2023 MSJMI MrTWIIi￿￿ Comp•ny R•gkntr•tk>n No. 06822217 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 Aceountlng polkl•¥ Charlty Inforn)atlon Sussex Nightslop Aus knmiled is a wiva¢e company limrted by guarantee In¢￿p￿ated in EnglaThJ and Wales. The registwed office * 7- 9 The Aven￿. EaStb￿rne. East Sussex. BN21 3YA. 1.1 B•$ls of prnp•r•tlon The aeec*Jnls have been wepared in KccKdance ￿ the tharty's Memorandum andArtides ofAsKvatyon, tr)e Companies Act 2006 aThJ"Accwnting arxl Rep￿"r￿j by Charilies." Statement of Recommended Practiee 8ppIKabl8 to ch￿11188 Ixep•ri'ry their accounts in accrsdanc• the Financi81 Reporting Standard applicable In the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffgctive 1 Jonuary 2019).. The charrty is a pU￿1C Benefit Entty as defiTh￿ by FRS IQ2. The accounts afe prepore(J in sterlirvJ. wthich is the funCtiry￿ of t￿ c*•. Mor*tsry amunts In these finanaal statements are rounde(I lo the nw8st £. These accounts havè b￿n prep8r•d urthr the fiithricd cost convention. Tr priwpal accounting pdicl?8 adopted afe Set out bdthv. 1.2 Golng conc•rn At the bme of approvrng the o¢cwnts, th• tru¥tges have 8 rn8son8blè 8xp8datson th41 the charity has adequate r6souree$ to continue in operaticfflal e￿Sterte for the foreseeable fiJtu￿. the tnJ818es cthlifiue lo 1.3 Incomlng r••our¢•• l incoming re$￿J[￿S ar8 induded in the Statement of FinaTrial ACts"wt￿ when the charity ig èntitlèd lo the ineome and the amounl e4n quanbfied with reascytthe acoJrxy. IrK£ffie rdalmg lo fvture years L8 Sh￿￿ as deferred inoTh. Voluntary irthme 18 receivéd ty way of grarbts. and grfls arvj sum8 rejab'ry to the current financlal year 8re induded in full in the Ststem•nt ol Finartial Acts¥ibé8 *th•n r•ceivat48. Sums rglatiry lo future yoars are indLthd in deter￿1 inccffie. Grants. Whe￿ entsuemerrt 18 ￿t corKI￿ana1 on th8 ddivory of a sp8ofi¢ pgrfwmwK• by the charfty, are recognised vthen the chanty becomes uncond￿"0n8IIY entrtled to grant. Invesbnent irKy)me is indud¢d wtwi recwvalAe. 1A ReBource8 •xp•nd Expenditu￿ is rewnised on an &rcrual$ basis as a liabilty 1$ inCur￿d. ￿ere costs cannot be direcyy attn'buted to particular hewJings they have been allct*exl to a¢ts'wties on a bags consistent wth the usè of of the chanty arKI indude costs linked to the Strateg￿ management of the charity. SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 1.5 Tanglble fIX￿ and depr•clatlo Tangible fixed assets are sL*ed at cost less We(jati¢￿. t)8preuthn is promded at rntes calrjjlated to vfflte off the ¢))st less esb"m8ted fewduol value of exh asset over ts expeL*ed usefijl lrfe. as fc41ows'. Fixlures, ffttiry & eqU1Frfn￿tt 25% straty li 1.6 T&￿tIon 1.7 Fund accountlng Unre$tn"eted furKls arn avaiL*48 for use at ts dlsuobc￿ of the tru8teM ￿ furtheranco of tho pneral obJèctNe8 of the charty D88ignated furvjs compriw fund8 whth have bgen set awdè 4t t￿ discxetion of the tfustees for 8peufi¢ Pufwses. Tho wrw8e8 arxl ums of ￿ (*n•tsd fwKI8 are aet cwjt in ￿ nths to th• fina￿81 statsments. Restricted fiJnds 8re sutyfjeted lo restricts￿ on thWr¢xp￿drtUre imposed by the orthwh the toms of an appèal. The wrp)ses ond usts of tha restricted lund8 ar8 W Out in the notes lo the finonoal 1.8 Fln*nclal I￿trum*n￿ The charity has elwaod to Apply the provistry￿ rf Sec*cffl 11 '8&8ic Finvoal InStrun￿, and Section 12 'Other Financial Instrum￿18118ue5, of FRS 102 10 all of it8 finanoal instrumonts. Finan(>81 in81rumenls Arn rKogni*1 in ts c*art)vemance. trustees ar¥J AGM 1.547 107 326 2,047 107 118 324 674 334 324 3.176 834 3,320 TOTAL $0,545 72.093 122.638 35,907 83.940 119.847 12 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 Tru¥to89 None of the trustees Ic* any Fersons cOnr￿ted with Iheml receNed arry ber￿( payment. induditwj mbursement oftntstee e>¥ense5, or Temunernb"on durirvj fv year Twe no related ￿rtY tra[￿￿or￿ in yew 30 Jur* 202312022.. rNMel. Employe4s The averag8 numtw ￿ emFloyees the y&¥was 412022. 4). Employment costs 2023 2022 Wages salaries Swal secjjiity costs Pension costs 88.091 3.029 85.275 5,892 1,331 91660 92,498 10 Tanglble fixed assets ffttlngs & •quipment At 1 Juty 2022 5.507 510 At 30 June 2023 6.017 At 1 July 2022 Charye for the ye 4,508 498 At 30 2023 Not book valu• At 30 June 2023 1,011 At 30 2022 13 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 11 D•lknrs 2023 2022 Amounts falllng du• T*llhln one yur. Other debto Prepaymwts xn2 1.745 .477 12 Cr•dltorn: amounts hlllng wlthln y•4r 2022 818 913 19.323 1.165 325 8,231 21.064 9.721 flnancl•l The Challty defer￿￿ resth.cted grants of £9.288 in 2022r23 rdab"rBJ lo rA￿traC1S for seNces rerhlued in 202Y24. 8rn1 ert rrxrn of£7.339 rfats¢u to eyths tskry in 202W24. Balanc• at Incom• Rehas•d Bala￿ce at 1 Juty 2022 d•ferred from prior 30 Juno In yo•r 2023 2.842 16.627 12.8421 16.627 Prlor The Ctiarity deferred restsided of £2,842 in 2021r12 rdaling to fAYttacls ftjr swvices rwKlered in 2022r23. Balance at Income Rele8sed Balance al 1 Juty 2021 deferred in frryn prty 30 June 2022 2,842 (4,642) 2,842 14 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 13 Restricted funds fin The inc¢Th fv￿lS crfthe ca• 1rns￿Je restr￿￿ fixmls the fc41NiThJ bal*Nx of grants hold tnJ$t ft>r the CharrWs ¥nrk. R*wled fiJThts have been used in 2022r23 and years as fdlow6". Stratsglc Plan tWlv•ry- The reswve balar￿ and ¥￿fiC restrictgj f￿KIS we recwved durirYJ the year have been use11 to support the ddivery of the operab'onal and strategic identified *rythin Sussex Nightstop's 3 year strategi¢ Flan. Sussex Nightstop's arKI safety rwuiremwts (xfforAatth￿ and strategK prioribes in agreement wrth the fvnder. Covld Support- ￿ reserye balance has t)e￿ used to erth Sussex NNJhtslop to resp)rKI and adapt to new requirernents as a result of the parKlemi IAovemènt In funds Balance at Incomlng R•sour 8alanu at 1 Juty 2022 resouTrM expended 30 June 2023 107,998 (72.0931 36.905 107.998 (n,0931 36.905 rforfinanc Bala￿e at IrKomrNJ Resour 1 Juty 2021 resources expended Balan￿ at 30 June 2022 Strategic Plan Delrv Heajth & Safety Inve5trnent Covid Suprrf)rt 6.197 2.111 33,240 42,420 (48.6171 12,1111 133,2401 41,548 42,420 (83.￿) 15 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 14 Urtr••trlctod and m•tsrl•l dmlgnatod funds fln Thè income funds oftrbè charfty indudè d*natsd fvrvJ5 ￿￿Id7 have been Set aside olunrestrithd fvnds by the Twstees for speufic purposes.. Clo•ur• Ind R•dundanGy Provhlon - 8 frjnd to megt ¢ontractual liabiliti88 and redLmd8ncy c08ts in thg event ¢JJf operations have to ￿a$9 Immeth'ately. Mov•m•nt In fund# Incomlng R￿ou￿ 8•lanc• •t r••oU￿￿ •xp•nd•d 30 Jun• 2023 lanc• Tran8l•r• •t1Juty 2022 Closure and Redundancy Provision Genèral unrnstricted fvrbd8 40,000 34,797 110.000) 10,000 35,767 167,9541 12.610 74,797 35,767 {67,954 42.810 G•nor81 unrestricted funds VAII h Lb••d to 8UPPtyt the ddivory of th• OF*rnb'onal and 8trategi¢ prlorftse8 idontified wthin Su88•x Nightstop's 3 year stralagic plan. Balance * Transfern 1 July 2021 Incomiry TO8our Re80urce8 eXP￿d¢d 8alance at 30Ju 2022 Closure arKI Redundancy Provislon General unro8tridod fijnds 40,000 50,167 40,000 34.797 25,807 (41.17n 90.167 25,807 (41,1771 74,797 18 An*ly•l¥ of th•t as••ts b•twMn lund• Unr••trkt•d Fund• R•slrfeted Funds Tt)lal Fund balance8 8t 30 June 2023 are rèpresented by.. TaThJible fixed 8s8gt# Current assets C(editors'. amounts falling wlthin one year 1.011 53.365 111,7881 1,011 98.558 121,064) 45.193 19.2881 42,610 35,905 78,518 16 SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 15 Analysls of n•t a$8•ts b•lwwn funds {contlnued) Prlor financial Total Fur*Js FU￿1$ Funt1 balances at 30 June 2Q2 reVes*rt￿ ty. Tangible fixed assets Current assets CreditNs". falliry *rylhin one y 999 83,519 19.721) 79.194 15.3981 4.325 (4,325) 74.797 74,797 16 StstOn￿l of Flnan¢l*l A¢ll¥ltle8 for the y￿r •rKled 30 June 2022 FLTrJs 2022 omln 25.792 15 42,420 68,212 15 Totsl Incomlng rewurc•s 25,807 42.420 Re￿UrC Raising lur¥ds 5270 35.WJ7 28 5,298 119,847 41,177 83,968 125,145 Met Incom&ll8xpendlturn) for the yearf Net mv•mont In funds (15.370) (41.5481 156.9181 Furvj bakrths at 1 Jlty 2021 90.167 41.548 131.715 Fund b•lances •t 30 June 2022 74,797 74,797 urkJer the Companie5 Act 2Cth. Comparative figu￿$ have been resktsd lo Sh￿ firtrising costs uThJer Co&s 0fRa￿l￿ Furbts, rather 17