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|Income and endowments|from:||||||6|
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|Donations,<br>University<br>Grant,|etc.||2,136,800|647,155|69,863|2,853,818|2,590,177|
|Grant ofserviced accommodation||2c)|427,700|||427,700|429,175|
|CJRSfurlough<br>grant|||||||18,078|
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|Advertising<br>and media|||25,617|||25,617|20,435|
|Investment<br>income|||19,608|||19,608|21|
|Charitable<br>activities for students:||||||||
|Bars, venues and entertainments|||1,817,429|||1,817,429|2 151,907|
|Shops and vending|||2,525,365|||2,525,365|1,836,340|
|Catering|||659,240|||659,240|369,658|
|Societies &clubs|||7,806|175,001||182,807|145,040|
|Leitings|||249,945|||249,945|240,783|
|Other income resources<br>Total income|||6176<br>~KLGK~~|||6178<br> ~Soli|58888<br>~7K 'iK|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||
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|Finance costs|||6,558|||6,589|3,331|
|Charitable<br>activities for students:||||||||
|Representation<br>and campaigns|||1,359,568|74,614||1,434,182|1,354,377|
|Advice 5welfare|||234,544|155,027||389,571|284,482|
|Volunteering|||130,740|5,422||136,162|282,427|
|Activities, clubs and societies|||303,557|443,015||746,572|718,740|
|Bars, venues and entertainments|||2,175,866|112,055||2,287,921|2,690,457|
|Catering|||639,059|4,404||643,463|454,865|
|Shops and vending|||2,438,276|8,374||2,446,650|2255,922|
|Lettings|||313069|3669||316738|36'9 539|
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|Net income( (expenditure)|||274,449|15,576|69,863|359,888|(553,540)|
|Transfers<br>between funds:||||||||
|Capital grant amortisation<br>impairment|and|14|~41<br>74||~41 374|||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||315,823|15,576|28,489|359,888|(553,640)|
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|Stocks in bars, shops &other outlets|||10|175,428|159,538|
|Debtors &prepayments|||11|157,777|220,215|
|Cash at bank & in hand||||1 070 730|1729535|
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|Creditors: Amounts<br>due within one year|||12|~4282 009|1325520|
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|Net assets excluding|pension|liability||1,347,148|1,15'/, 978|
|Defined Benefit pension|scheme|liability||~047617||
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|Representing<br>Charitable Funds:-||||||
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|University<br>Grant for Refurbishment|||13|200,772|172,283|
|Restricted<br>Income Funds|||14|389,938|374,382|
|Unrestricted<br>Income Funds|||15|&II1JZR1|407 002|
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|Debtors &prepayments<br>Cash at bank & in hand|||11|408,895<br>1~72 tm7|||~f|601,297|
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|Creditors: Amounts<br>due within one year|||12|~3394521|||~7298 857||
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|Net assets excluding|pension scheme|||||1,349,726||'1,163,062|
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|University<br>Grant for Refurbishment|||13|||200,772||172283|
|Restricted Income Funds|||14|||389,938||374,362|
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||UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023|UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023|UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023|UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023|UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023|UNIVERSITY OF ESSEXSTUDENTS' UNION<br>ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS<br>FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31JULY 2023||
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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities:||||||||
|Net incoming<br>/ (outgoing)|resources|||||359,888|(553,640/|
|Interest receivable||||||(19,608)|(21/|
|Interest payable||||||6,558|3,331|
|Capital grant movement||||||(69,863)||
|Depreciation||||||113,000|102,929|
|Impairment|||||||74,984|
|(Increase)<br>/ decrease<br>in stock||||||(15,890)|(29,890/|
|Decrease / (increase)<br>in debtors||||||62,438|(86,299/|
|(Decrease) / increase<br>in pension<br>(Decrease) / increase<br>in creditors||liability|||(184,718)<br>~43631||473,324<br>446188|
|Net cash provided<br>by operating||activities||||228214|431666|
|Cash flows from investing|activities|||||||
|Interest receivable||||||19,808|21|
|Interest payable||||||(6,558)|(3,331)|
|Capital grants received<br>Purchase oftangible fixed|assets||||69,863<br>~16 66||~2M8~7|
|Net cash (used in)/ provided<br>by investing||||activities||78079|288867|
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|Net cash (used in) financing<br>activities||||||||
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents<br>in the <br>Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning||||year<br>ofthe year|150,195<br>~2KB%||142,639<br>XIII)JIM|
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|Judgements|Judgements|in|applying|applying|applying|accounting|accounting|accounting|policies and|key sources|key sources|key sources|ofestimation<br>uncertainty|ofestimation<br>uncertainty|ofestimation<br>uncertainty|
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|Advice 8 welfare|||||||||188,275|||23,867|22,402||234,544|
|Volunteering|||||||||52,832|||44,194|33,714||130,740|
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|Catering|||||263,201||||261,169|||36,006|78,683||639,059|
|Shops and vending||||1,723,680|||||506,499|||79,033|129,064|2,438,276||
|Lettings|||||||||215,997|||29,908|67,164||313,069|
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|Volunteering|||||||||150,144|||45,528|29,982||225,654|
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|Bars, venues end|||||757,699||||1,237,986||160,458||534,304|2,690,457||
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|Shops and vending||||1,240,417|||||716,717|||92,692|206,096|2255,922||
|Lettings|||||||||259,256|||29,322|70981||359,539|
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|other services||provided||by the auditors|||||in the year amounted|||to64,750(2022:53,450).Affiliation costs for||||
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|Volunteering||52,832|44,194|33,714|130,740|
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|Catering||62,071|35,906|31,255|129,232|
|Shops and vending||118,012|68,265|59,423|245,700|
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|Volunteering||150,144|45,528|29,982|225,654|
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|Catering||88,950|24,668|19,382|133,000|
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|DOROTHY AKUAMOA|19,847|
|NASHWA<br>ALSAKKA|20,297|
|JOSEPH HOLMES|1,850|
|PAK SUN WONG|19,847|
|KWABENA AGYEMANG|19,847|
|OLAMIDE ADEKANBI|19,847|
|ASHAHAR SOOMRO|17,548|
|QURATULAIN<br>MUZAMMIL|1,057|
|KIERAN PHILLIPS|1,850|
|TSZ HO WONG|1,850|
|JOAR BLUME-ROBERTSSON|1,850|
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|Turnover<br>Cost ofsales|915,788<br>1,23S,26S<br>249,945<br>~282388<br>~402648|240,783|
|Gross profit|633,430<br>833,Sf8<br>249,945|240,783|
|Administrative<br>expenses<br>Net (loss)l profit<br>Retained earnings|~18LBR1 ~~722 ~lk5K1<br>~2JIRZ ~~~(L(II ~23K(II<br>~423 ~43( ~23600||
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||Other creditors||115,385||24,464|327,242|175,359|
||Accruals and deferred|income|566,988||563,439|40,277|40,277|
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||Student Experience|Fund|51,531|795|(52,124)||202|
||Essex Sport Board||95|294,814|(294,814)||95|
||Sundry Other Funding||29,882|(5,077)|(2,313)||22,492|
||Hardship<br>Fund<br>Volunteering<br>Project|Fund|10,763<br>5,504|50,000|(1,416)|(3,400)|55,947<br>5,504|
||Cost of Living Fund|||147,282|(150,682)|3,400||
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||Events Fund||1,334|5,518|(5,518)||1,334|
||World Cup Fund<br>Other Grant Funding|||75,000<br>~78823|(75,000)<br>~78823|||
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||Sports &Society Restricted||235,970|138,159|(127,056)||247,083|
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||Student Experience|Fund||68,755|(17,224)||51,531|
||Essex Sport Board<br>Sundry Other Funding||34,030<br>22435|226,000<br>9,'e77|(259,935)<br>(2,430)||95<br>29,882|
||Hardship<br>Fund||19,744||(8,981)||10,763|
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||Restricted<br>Unrestricted|income Funds<br>funds||216433|389,938<br>842 503|7617|389,938<br>~88601||
||Charity<br>Subsidiary|Reserves||417,205|932,521<br>2 75|(847,617)|502,109<br>~27||
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||Restricted Income Funds<br>Unreslncled<br>funds|||190930|374,362<br>439487|~f0t2 335|374,362<br>~3750t8||
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|Income and endowments||from:|||||||
|Donations and Grants:|||||||||
|-Donations,<br>University|Grant, etc.|||2,270,545|319,632|||2590,177|
|- Grant ofserviced accommodation|||2c)|429,175||||429,175|
|-CJRSfuriough grantincome||||18,078||||18,078|
|Other trading<br>activities:|||||||||
|-Advertising<br>and media||||20,435||||20,435|
|- Investment income||||21||||21|
|Charitable<br>activities forstudents:|||||||||
|-Bars, venues and entertainment||||2,151,907||||2,151,907|
|-Shops and vending||||1,836,340||||1,836,340|
|- Catering||||369,658||||369,658|
|-Societies 8 clubs||||6,871|138,169|||145,040|
|-Lettings||||240,783||||240,783|
|Otherincome||||5!!886||||58888|
|Totalincome|||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||||
|Costs ofraising funds:|||||||||
|-Finance costs||||3,331||||3,331|
|Charitable<br>activities forstudents:|||||||||
|-Representation<br>and campaigns||||1,364,377||||1,364,377|
|-Advice centre||||275,502|8,980|||284,482|
|-Student activities and volunteering||||225,654|56,|773||282427|
|- Clubs and societies||||313,717|405,023|||718,740|
|-Bars, ventures and entertainments||||2,690,457||||2690,457|
|-Catering||||454,865||||454,865|
|-Shops and vending||||2255,922||||2,255,922|
|-Lettings||||358 596||||359538|
|Total expenditure|||4-7|~943.354|~ZIZZZ5||||
|Net (expenditure)<br>rincome||||(540,665)|(12,975)|||(553,640)|
|Transfers between<br>funds:|||||||||
|Capital grant amortisation||and|14||||||
|impairment||||118122|||~118122||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||(422,543)|(12,975)||(118,122)|(553,640)|
|Fund balances<br>brought forward||||15541|387|337|290405|693283|
|Fund balances cerned forward||||~ZQ~|~74|Q2|~17 28|~1~4|



