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|Reference and Administrative<br>Details|I to 2|
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|Trustees Report|3 to 9|
|Statement ofTrustees' Responsibilities|10|
|Independent<br>Examiner's<br>Report||
|Statement ofFinancial Activities|12|
|Balance Sheet|13|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|14to 23|





||Citizens Advice|Citizens Advice|New Forest Ltd|New Forest Ltd|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||(formerly<br>known as New Forest Citizens Advice Bureau)||||
||Reference and Administrative|||Details|
|Chair|J.J.Ogden||||
|Chief Officer|A Talbot (Resigned December 2022)||||
||JMcMahon<br>Hnterim|Chief|Ofticer)||
||N Young (Appointed|April|2023)||
|Trustees|LGMiles||||
||GANewman||||
||JM Baldwin||||
||PRH Jennison||||
||JKalathil<br>(Appointed|May|2023)||
||D Smith (Appointed|May 2023)|||
|Secretary|FEMarsden||||
|Principal Office|Town Hall||||
||Avenue Road||||
||Lymington||||
||Hampshire||||
||SO41 9ZG||||
||The charity is incorporated||in England|and Wales.|





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|(Including Income and Ex|penditure<br>|Account and St|atement ofTotal Rec|ognised Ga|ins and Los|
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||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|||
|||2023|2023|2023|2022|
|||8||8||
|Income and endowments||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies<br>Charitable<br>activities||267,197|109,991<br>118,388|377,188<br>118,388|325,625<br>120,681|
|Other trading<br>activities<br>Investment<br>Income||3,413|64|64<br>3,413|75<br>599|
|Total Income||270,610|22S 443|499,053|446,980|
|Expenditure on:<br>Charitable<br>Acitvities||283 488|238 098|521,586|427 524|
|Total Expenditure<br>Net income||(12,878)<br>283 488|(9,655)<br>238 098|521,586<br>(22,533)|427 524<br>19,456|
|Transfer between<br>funds||17509|17509|||
|Net movement<br>in funds||30,387|7,854|22 533|19,456|
|ReconciTiation offunds||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward<br>Total funds canted forward|17|318518<br>288,131|30,862<br>38,716|349380<br>326 847|329,924<br>349,380|
|Statement ofFinancial Activities|-Comparative|Data for the Year Ended 31March 2022||||
||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|||
|||2022|2022|2022|2021|
|||8||8|0|
|Income and endowments||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies<br>Charitable<br>activities||270,616|55,009<br>120,681|325,625<br>120,681|307,388<br>121,093|
|Other trading<br>activities<br>Investment<br>Income||75<br>599||75<br>599|100<br>640|
|Total Income||271,290|175,690|446 980|429,221|
|Expenditure on:<br>Charitable<br>Aoitvities||259 198|168,326|427 524|283,112|
|Total Expenditure<br>Net income||259,198<br>12,092|168,326<br>7,364|19,456<br>427,524|146,109<br>283,112|
|Transfer between<br>funds||5,159|5,159|||
|Net movement<br>in funds||6 933|12,523|19456|146,109|
|Reconciliatioa offunds||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward<br>Total funds canied forward|17|311585<br>318,518|18339<br>30,862|329,924<br>349,380|183815<br>329924|





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|||||Note|2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Current<br>assets|||||||
|Debtors||||13|26,586|26,987|
|Cash at bank|and in hand||||405,352|376,560|
||||||431,938|403,547|
|Creditors: Amounn||falling|due within one year|14|(70,091)|(19,167)|
|Total Assets|Less Current||Liabilities||361,847|384,380|
|Provisions||||15|(35,000)|(35,000)|
|Net assets|||||326,847|349,380|
|Funds ofthe|charity:||||||
|Restricted Income Funds|||||||
|Restricted Funds||||17|38,716|30,862|
|Unrestricted|Income|Funds|||||
|Unrestricted|Punds|||17|288,131|318,518|
|Total Funds|||||326,847|349,380|





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|Inveslmentincatne|Inveslmentincatne|||||||||||
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|Investment<br>income is recognised<br>on areceivable basis.||||||||||||
|Chari lable activities||||||||||||
|Income I'rom charitable<br>activities includes income recognised<br>as earned (as the related|||||goods||or services are provided)|||under||
|contract.||||||||||||
|Expenditure<br>and irrecoverable<br>VAT||||||||||||
|Liabilities<br>are recognised<br>as soon as there is a|legal or constructive<br>obligation||committing|||the charity to the expenditure.|||||All|
|expenditure<br>is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under|||headings|||that|aggregate||all costs related|to the||
|category. Irrecoverable VAT is charged<br>as acost against the activity for which|||the expenditure<br>was|||||incurred.||||
|Raising funds||||||||||||
|These are costs incurred<br>in attracting<br>voluntary|income, the management|ofinvestments||||and|those incurred in trading activities|||||
|that raise funds.||||||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||||||||||
|Charitable<br>expenditure<br>comprises those costs|incurred<br>by the Charity<br>in the delivery ofits activities|||||||and services for its||||
|beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such||activities||and|those||costs ofan indirect nature|||||
|necessary to support them.||||||||||||
|Governance<br>costs||||||||||||
|Governance<br>costs include costs of the preparation<br>and examination ofthe||statutory<br>accounts,|||||the costs oftrustee meetings||||and|
|the cost ofany legal advice to trustees on governance<br>or constitutional<br>matters.||||||||||||
|Debtors||||||||||||
|Trade and other debtors are recognised<br>at the|settlement<br>amount<br>due atter any||trade discount||||offered.|||||
|Prepayments<br>are valued<br>at the amount<br>prepaid|net ofany trade discounts|due.||||||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||||||||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term cash deposits||||||||||||
|Taxation||||||||||||
|The company<br>is aregistered<br>charity and therefore,<br>is not liable for income tax|||or|corporation|||tax on income derived|||||
|from its charitable<br>activities, as it falls within|the various exemptions<br>available||to|registered|||charities.|||||
|Borrowings||||||||||||
|Interest-bearing<br>borrowings<br>are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction||||costs. Interest-bearing|||||borrowings<br>are|||
|subsequently<br>carried at amortised<br>cost, with the difference between the proceeds,||||net oftransaction||||costs, and the amount|||due|
|on redemption<br>being recognised as acharge to the Statement ofFinancial||Activities over||||the|period|ofthe relevant borrowing.||||
|Interest expense is recognised on the basis of|the effective interest method|and|is included|||in|interest|payable and similar||||
|charges.||||||||||||
|Borrowings<br>are classitied as current liabilities|unless the charity has an unconditional||||right to defer|||settlement ofthe liability||||
|for at least twelve months<br>after the reporting|date.|||||||||||
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|3<br>Income||from donations<br>and legacies|||||
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|Donations|and legacies;||||||
|Donations||from individuals|4,416||4,416|4,105|
|Donations|and legacies;||||||
|Government||grants|262,781||262,781|266,541|
|Grant &om||other charities||109,991|109,991|54,979|
||||267,197|109,991|377,188|325,625|





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|Restricted|Total|Total|
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|funds|2023|2022|
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|I|ncome|from|other|trading|activities|||||||
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|||||||funds||2023||2022||
|Other|income|from|other|trading|activities||64||64||75|



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|6<br>Investment<br>in|come||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|2023|2022|
|Interest receivable|and similar income;||||
|Interest receivable on bank deposits||3,413|3,413|599|



|7<br>E|xpenditure<br>on charitable<br>activities||||
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|||Activity|Total|Total|
|||support<br>costs|2023|2022|
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|Advice|giving;|521,586|521,586|427,524|





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|||giving|costs|2023|2022|
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|Staffcosts||400,241||400,241|306,157|
|Admin cost||41,341||41,341|50,194|
|Premises||52,800||52,800|42,217|
|Computer|costs|11,278||11,278|18,714|
|Finance costs||416||416|96|
|Other support costs||12,945||12,945|7,486|
|Governance|costs||2,565|2,565|2,660|
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|The aggregate<br>payro|ll costs were as follows|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2023|2022|
|Staff costs during<br>the year were:<br>Wages and Salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Pension Costs<br>Other Staffcosts||347,428<br>20,627<br>12,537<br>19,649|274,133<br>11,975<br>9,905<br>10,144|
|||400,241|306,157|



|The monthly<br>average number of persons (including<br>senior m<br>as full time equivalents<br>was as follows:|anagement<br>team) employed<br>by the charity du|ring the|year expres|
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|Managerial||3|1|
|Service delivery||15|11|
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|13<br>Debtors|||||
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|Prepayment|||6,141|5,952|
|Accrued income|||20,445|21,035|
||||26,586|26,987|
|14<br>Creditors: amounts|fafiing due|within one year|||
||||2023|2022|
|Other taxation<br>and social|security||4,500|3,525|
|Deferred income|||56,197|8,251|
|Accrued income|||9,394|7,391|
||||70,091|19,167|
|15<br>Provisions|||||
||||Dilapidations|Total|
|At 1 April 2022|||35,000|35,000|
|Credited to the statement|of recognised|gains and losses|||
|At 31March 2023|||35,000|35,000|





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|Funds||||||||
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|||Balance atI|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|Balance at||
|||April 2022|resources|expended||31||
|||||||March|2023|
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|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||
|General||||||||
|Unrestricted<br>Income Fund||318,518|270,610|(283,488)|(17,509)|288,131||
|Restricted funds||||||||
|Macmillan|||29,265|(36,858)|7,593|||
|Larder HUB Grant|||14,131|(9,105)|||5,026|
|NFDC Debt Supervisor|||17,500|(14,554)|||2,946|
|Restorative<br>Justice||600|||||600|
|Ringwood Food Grant||5,023|2,172|(55)|||7,140|
|Help to Claim Universal|Credit||64||||64|
|Home<br>dc Well||25|||||25|
|MaPSDAP||11,255|89,123|(92,440)|||7,938|
|Help To Claim Phone R|Webchat|5,028|||||5,028|
|National<br>Lottery Citizens|Advice||6,596|(6,596)||||
|NF Campaigns<br>Manager|||25,475|(29,866)|4,391|||
|Financial Inclusion|||19,321|(21,508)|2,187|||
|HIWCF Charles Burnett|||20,000|(23,338)|3,338|||
|HAF Signposting|||4,796|(3,778)|||1,018|
|Sovereign||8,931|||||8,931|
|Total Restricted funds||30,862|228,443|(238,098)|17,509|38,716||
|Total funds||349,380|499,053|521 586||326,847||





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||Balance at I<br>April 2021|Incoming<br>resources|Resources<br>expended|Transfers|Balance at 31<br>March 2022|
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|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General<br>Unrestricted<br>Income Fund|311,585|271,290|(259,198)|(5,159)|318,518|
|Restricted funds||||||
|Macmillan|2,788|30,178|(34,349)|1,383||
|Restorative<br>Justice|600||||600|
|Home &Well|131|780|(886)||25|
|MASDAP|(3,776)|||3,776||
|Webchat|1,326|40,741|(37,039)||5,028|
|Sovereign<br>MaPS|8,931<br>6,163|90,533|(85,441)||8,931<br>11,255|
|Ringwood Food Grant|2,176|8,558|(5,711)||5,023|
|Bury Brickfield<br>HAF Outreach||2,400<br>2,000|(2,400)<br>(2,000)|||
|UoS Cost ofLiving Project<br>Total Restricted funds|18,339|500<br>175,690|(500)<br>(168,326)|5,159|30,862|
|Total funds|329,924|446,980|427,524||349,380|






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|18<br>Analysis ofnet assets between<br>fund||||
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||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total funds at|
||funds|funds|31March 2023|
|Current Assets|393,222|38,716|431,938|
|Current Liabilities|(70,091)||(70,091)|
|Provisions|(35,000)||(35,000)|
|Total net assets|288,131|38,716|326,847|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total funds at|
||funds|funds|31March 2022|
|Current Assets|372,685|30,862|403,547|
|Current Liabilities|(19,167)||(19,167)|
|Provisions|(35,000)||(35,000)|
|Total net assets|318,518|30,862|349,380|



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