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|Reference and Administrative<br>Details|Reference and Administrative<br>Details||
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|Trustees' Report||2to 8|
|Independent<br>Auditors'|Report|9to t t|
|Statement ofFinancial|Activities|12|
|Statement of Financial|Activities|13|
|Balance Sheet||14|
|Statement ofCash Flows||15|
|Notes to the Financial|Statements|16to 28|





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|Secretary|||||SAlexander|||||
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|Trustees|||||K Reed, Chair|||||
||||||I Mackintosh,<br>Vice Chair|||||
||||||A L Crawley, Treasurer|||||
||||||N SAhmad<br>(resigned|3 December||2020)||
||||||A Carver|||||
||||||R A Chadeyron<br>(deceased||21 April|2020)||
||||||C Hall|||||
||||||I R Harris|||||
||||||C C Irving|||||
||||||SJaidka|||||
||||||C M Purdon|||||
||||||S Parker (appointed<br>10May 2021)|||||
|Key Management||Personnel|||SAlexander,<br>Chief Executive<br>TArmstrong,<br>Head ofAdvice Services|||||
||||||C Iredale, Head ofCustomer Services|||||
||||||G Dryden, Business Manager|||||
|Principal|Office||||4th Floor City Library<br>Charles Avison<br>Building|||||
||||||33 New Bridge Street|||||
||||||Newcastle<br>Upon Tyne|||||
||||||NE1 8AX|||||
||||||The charity<br>is incorporated||in England||and Wales.|
|Company|Registration|||Number|02114435|||||
|Charity Registration|||Number||1135396|||||
|Auditor|||||MHA Tait Walker<br>Chartered<br>Accountant|8 Statutory||Auditor||
||||||Bulman<br>House|||||
||||||Regent Centre|||||
||||||Gosforth|||||
||||||Newcastle<br>upon Tyne|||||
||||||NE3 3LS|||||
|Bankers|||||Unity Trust Bank pic|||||
||||||4 Brindley Place|||||
||||||Birmingham|||||
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|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2021|2020|
||||Note|E|6||E|
|Income and Endowments||from:||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||3|8,570|226,606|235,176|205,530|
|Charitable<br>activities|||4|122,825|444,878|567,703|542,545|
|Other trading<br>activities<br>Investment<br>income|||5<br>6|9,554<br>2,489|244|9,798<br>2,489|2,941<br>2,668|
|Total Income||||143,438|671,728|815,166|753,684|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Charitable<br>activities|||7|~124,913)|(675,133)|~(800,D48|733,139)|
|Total Expenditure||||~((24,9(3|~675,(33)|~800,046|733,139|
|Net income/(expenditure)<br>Transfers<br>between<br>funds||||18,525<br>~11,905)|(3,405)<br>11,9D5|15,120|20,545|
|Net movement<br>in funds||||6,620|8,500|15,120|20,545|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds|||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||311,543|1,819|313,362|292,817|
|Total funds carried|forward||19|318,163|10,319|328,482|313362|





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|Income and Endowments||from:|||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||13,947|191,583|205,530|
|Charitable<br>activities||||115,650|426,895|542,545|
|Other trading<br>activities<br>Investment<br>income||||2,941<br>2,668||2,941<br>2,668|
|Total income||||135,206|618,478|753,684|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Charitable<br>activities|||7|(118,627)|~6(6,((2)|~(733,(39|
|Total expenditure||||~118,027|~615,112|~733 139|
|Net income||||17,179|3,366|20,545|
|Transfers<br>between|funds|||4,749|(4,749)||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||21,928|(1,383)|20,545|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||289,615|3,202|292,817|
|Total funds carried|forward||19|311,543|1,819|313,362|





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|(Registration<br>n<br>Balance Sheet|umber: 02114435)<br> as at 31 March 2021||||
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|||Note|5|6|
|Fixed assets|||||
|Tangible assets||14|1,505|3,009|
|Current assets|||||
|Debtors<br>Cash at bank and in hand||15|16,605<br>355,020|6,560<br>349,081|
||||371,625|355,641|
|Creditors: Amounts|falling due within one year|16|(44,648)|(45,288)|
|Net current assets|||326,977|310,353|
|Net assets|||328,482|313,362|
|Funds ofthe charity:|||||
|Restricted<br>income funds<br>Restricted<br>funds||19|10,319|1,819|
|Unrestricted<br>income <br>Unrestricted<br>funds|funds||318,163|311,543|
|Total funds||19|328,482|313,362|





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|Statement ofCash F|lows for t|he Year|Ended 31|March 2021||
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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities||||||
|Net cash income||||15,120|20,545|
|Adjustments<br>to cash flows from non-cash||items||||
|Depreciation<br>Investment<br>income|||8|1,504<br>~(2,488|1,504<br>(2,668)|
|||||14,135|19,381|
|Working capital adjustments||||||
|(Increase)/decrease<br>in debtors|||15|(10,045)|695|
|Increase/(decrease)<br>in creditors<br>(Decrease)/increase<br>in deferred<br>income|||16|777<br>~(1,417|(1,443)<br>7,917|
|Net cash flows from operating|activities|||3,450|26,550|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities||||||
|Interest receivable<br>and similar|income|||2,489|2,668|
|Net increase<br>in cash and cash|equivalents|||5,939|29,218|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at|1 April|||349,081|319,863|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at|31 March|||355,020|349,081|





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||||||General|funds|2021|
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|Donations||and legacies;||||||
|Donations|||from|individuals|2,270||2,270|
|Grants,<br>Grants|including<br>capital grants;<br> from other charities||||6,300|226,606|232,906|
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||||||General|funds|2020|
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|Donations|||and legacies;|||||
|Donations|||from|individuals|4,747||4,747|
|Grants,<br>Grants|including<br>capital grants;<br> from other charities||||9,200|191,583|200,783|
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|funds|Restricted|Total|
|General|funds|2021|
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|122,825|444,878|567,703|
|Unrestricted|||
|funds|Restricted|Total|
|General|funds|2020|
|F|6|6|
|115,650|426,895|542,545|



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|General<br>5|funds<br>6|2021<br>f|
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|||||||General<br>f|funds|2020f|
|Other income||from|other trading||activities|2,941||2,941|
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|||||||General<br>f|fundsf|2021f|
|Interest receivable|||and similar||income;||||
||Interest receivable|||on bank deposits||2,489||2,489|
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|||||||funds|Restricted|Total|
|||||||General<br>f|fundsf|2020<br>f|
|Interest receivable|||and similar||income;||||
||Interest receivable|||on bank deposits||2,668||2,668|
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|||General|Restricted<br>f|2021|2020|
|Generalist|Advice|88,553|512,306|600,859|536,402|
|Support Costs||36,360|162,827|199,187|196,737|
|||124,913|675,133|800,046|733,139|



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||||undertaken<br>directly|support<br>costs<br>5|2021<br>6|2020|
|Generalist|Advice||600,859|179,625|780,484|713,657|
|Governance||Costs||19,562|19,562|19,482|
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|||Direct|Governance|Total|Total|
|||charitable|costs|2021|2020|
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|Staff costs||82,793|7,053|89,846|95,504|
|Premises||23,034|1,962|24,996|46,475|
|Communications|and IT|43,895|3,739|47,634|9,148|
|Staff and volunteer||(228)|(19)|(247)|6,771|
|Depreciation||1,386|118|1,504|1,504|
|Office costs||25,805|2,198|28,003|31,269|
|Audit fees|||3,550|3,550|3,550|
|Legal and professional<br>Other||138<br>2,802|722<br>239|860<br>3,041|2,516|
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|Net incoming|resources for the year include:|||
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|Audit fees||3,550|3,550|
|Depreciation|offixed assets|1,504|1,504|



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|Staff costs during the year were:<br>Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Pension costs|598,927<br>47,066<br>16,584|546,776<br>44,112<br>16,087|
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||equipment||Totalf|
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|At 1 April 2020||6,017|6,017|
|At 31 March 2021||6,017|6,017|
|Depreciation||||
|At 1 April 2020<br>Charge for the year||3,008<br>1,504|3,008<br>1,504|
|At 31 March 2021||4,512|4,512|
|Net book value||||
|At 31 March 2021||1 505|1,505|
|At 31 March 2020||3,009|3,009|
|15Debtors||||
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|Trade debtors|||2,000|
|Prepayments<br>Accrued income|2,151<br>14,454||1,727<br>2,833|
||16,605||6,560|



|16Creditors:|amounts|falling due within one year|||
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|Other taxation|and social|security|12,834|12,312|
|Other creditors|||2,356|1,630|
|Accruals|||5,375|5,846|
|Deferred income|||24,083|25,500|
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|Deferred|income at 1 April 2020||25,500|17,583|
|Resources deferred<br>in the period<br>Amounts<br>released<br>from previous||periods|24,083<br>~25,500)|25,500<br>(17,583)|
|Deferred|income at year end||24,083|25,500|



|The total value of future<br>minimum<br>lease payments|was as follows:||
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|Within one year<br>In two to five years|7,379<br>12,716|4,645<br>634|
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|||1 April<br>2020|Incoming<br>resources<br>5|Resources<br>expended<br>6|Transfers|31 March<br>2021<br>5|
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|General|||||||
|General funds||250,543|143,438|(124,913)|(11,905)|257,163|
|Designated|||||||
|Designated<br>- service<br>curtailment||61,000||||61,000|
|Total Unrestricted||311,543|143,438|(124,913)|(11,905)|318,163|
|Restricted|||||||
|Money Advice Service|||326,274|(325,103)|(1,171)||
|Wise Group Project|||33,686|(37,604)|3,918||
|Millfield<br>House|||34,597|(35,674)|1,077||
|Powergrid<br>Care<br>NPG Hardship||1,819|125,410<br>10,000|(128,081)<br>(3,477)|2,671<br>(23)|8,319|
|Help to Claim|||58,495|(67,012)|8,517||
|Help to Claim P&W|||20,022|(18,813)|(1,209)||
|Action for Children|||6,500|(5,946)|(554)||
|Big Energy Week|||9,000||(9,000)||
|Mesothelioma|||22,633|(25,800)|3,167||
|Northern<br>Powergrid-<br>Prospect Medical Group|||7,917|(7,286)|(631)||
|Energy Redress <br>Client Hardship|Scheme<br>Fund||17,194|(20,337)|3,143<br>2,000|2,000|
|Total restricted||1,819|671,728|(675,133)|11,905|10,319|
|Total funds||313382|818,1M|~(800048||328,482|





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|||||General|Designated||Restricted|2021|
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|Tangible<br>fixed assets<br>Net current assets/(liabilities)||||1,505<br>255,658||61,000|10,319|1,505<br>326,977|
|Total net|assets|||257,163||61,000|10,319|328,482|
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|||||General|Designated||Restricted|2020|
|||||E||E|F|E|
|Tangible fixed assets<br>Net current assets/(liabilities)||||3,009<br>247,534||61,000|1,819|3,009<br>310,353|
|Total net|assets|||250,543||61,000|1,819|313,362|
|21 Analysis||of net funds|||||||
||||||At|1 Apdil|Financing|At 31 March|
|||||||2020|cash flows|2021|
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|Cash at|bank|and|in hand|||349,081|5,939|355,020|
|Net debt|||||At|1 April<br>349,081|Financing<br>5,939|At 31 March<br>355,020|
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|Cash at|bank|and|in hand|||319,863|29,218|349,081|
|Net debt||||||319,863|29,218|349,081|



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