hiifiiy F¢bFi%iraiion number., 1141411
Bestwood Advice Centre
1.1 company lirnit¢d by guarantee)
Aiinii4?l Report lind Fiiiui)Cli11 Staiemeni$
for t￿, I'Ldr Èn(ILd.111 Juiic 2(1?4
Coiniiiunit>' A¢iOUntingT I)Iu
Units I &. 2 Nortli WL'SI
41 '1'dlbor Srr¢¢t
Noiiin&Thaiii
NGI SGL

Bestii'ood Ad￿ce Centre
Contents
li¢fcrcnLx and Adintnistrallv¢ ik*ails
Tru51ees' RepoTI
Ind¢p¢ndeni ExJminel¥ Repvn
StaiyiiLnl vt-PinanLilll ALllVItTI
7toN
Aalance Sh¢ei
N01¢5 to Ihc Financidl Sui¢mcnls

BesN'ood Advlce Centre
Referenee and AdministratiNe Details
Ch8irm#n
Jay Il¥ye
Tru5tces
Brian GTnLOLk
chri51Vph￿ Ilovpir
Susan Fo%ter. Manager
S¢aSor Nl&nggerneni T¢Am
Charlry Reg15trgtlon P4umber
Compwny ￿e￿IstratIon NumbeT
075292116
Rc¥lytLirL,d Offtcc
21 <iuiii%fL)r(l LrL'SLL'llt
Bc%twixxi Ebiatc
Notrin¥hdm
Noitin¥ThdmshirL
NGS SF51
Indtpendcnt EximÉDer
John O'Bricn. cmplo)Lx ol.
Con)muniiy Accuuniing Plus
Unit% l & • North West
41 T81boi Street
Noiiin¥hdm
NGI SGL
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Tru5tees' Report
ThL tnl¥lLK'%. whi) %ifL' dirLVt{)r% fili th¢" purpiisL% (if ianipELiI)- I￿￿.. prL'YL'nt thi aiiiiutsl tL'VQrt togLihcr with ihL'
rinallLial %tatcmciii% nf thi ch2riiahlL company far rhl yt&r cndcd 3(} JUDC •{)24.
Trust¢¢5 alld offi¢tn
Th¢ Iru%lees ai)d ollicets s¢r¥iThg durin¥ Ihe year &nd since the y¢ar ¢nd were a4 tollows..
Tn￿le¢S..
t4rian Grocock
Chri%inphcr Ho0￿r
Sophic J¢nnin¥s Iresigncd 31 fvlay ?0?41
Ilcn Allen Ir¢sigkned 31 May 20)41
Chaimian..
Jay Haycs
StrnclurL'? %ov¢rnance ¥nd
-V#i*re ofRoverfviKR
The Lharil>' is a rompan) litniti￿ b), 8uaraniLc and rc&ki%icrcd chartiy. 11 1% opcrhied undLr IhL rulcs of iL
Inemornndum and artlLlis ol. i15SOCiation daiLd 14 •11 l. Il h¢i% no bhare capital and Ihc liabiliiy of¢ach meimbcr
in Ihc cveni ol-windirt¥-up is l&miicd lo 110.
"I"rublL'L% arc LIL'Ltcd and LU-OPtLd und¢r ilii tem]% of thL ArtILle% vf A4%()Liaiion or IhTough adverti%inB,
dpplicafioji fvTtn. ob¥LYvdlional i'itsii inriyvicw.
.Vajor ri.sk* ri.¥kf
Objective5 aclivities
ObJÉcts'
Tu the AdviLe Ccnirc cftiklclltly ￿ etrcitivcly irt uidcr tl) meet tht gTri)wiiig and divcrsc nttd% ot'the
cnrnniuiiiiie.I we seThe-
Tn prowide sncial iveltaTe ftrgh￿ ond debr adi ire. %upport repre.seniatino'.
"["() pr()vide a conf]dL￿tIal and safc LnvirvnTneni. which supports rlsponds 10 indivjdual needts wiihoui
Til ¢11sufk that thl ddviLL dnd infi)nlliiliOii grjl'Ln ia Lliirtl% 1% up r(> ddlL', aLLufdlL dnd rL'ILI'anr ru thL'ITI.'
Til priiviJL iliLni¥ ￿th ¥uffiLILnt impurtldl ttdi'iLL diid infnrm#rii)tt Ii) illdbll IIIL'M t() makL Infi)rniL￿ dLLI%IUD%'.
Tii dLv¢lI)p IliL' AdviiL' CLlltr¢ ttii iiidL'PLiidkll1 ddi'iLI Il&lc'iiLy by pr(iniiJtin&T L'ff¥xtivL' usi. ()f irs rL'biiiifiL4 allLf
L'll5urii)gk Iiifnrmaii()n d7%playLQ 1.4 4CLL%51blc ujid rL.%P()J)%ivL lil IiJcHI aJ]d iiidii'idudl nicds..
To ensure thc manabtmcni group, stalT and volunictrs ritciv¢ Iraininb Jnd suppvrt lo enable them io reali5¢
Ihc aims vf Ihc LLmtrc',
Tu dLv¥lop dnd rLviLW poliiiib Iu PToinolL L'4Udl UPPOnuRiliLs ¥1 Ihi Advil¥ CLnirL' ¢n5urinb fdiT atKI
nvn41i5Lriinindlury prdLIi¢is'
'lo liai%i wirli lts¢al prii'aii. public 2nd voluntary bodiL5 10 L'n$urL' LffcLliVi and LfftLiinl dilivL'ry vf
profe%%ional %eryic¢.

Be5kn'ood Advlce Centre
Trustees, Report
Objertlves,.flro*e&Jies Jrtiviliéi
Durtnbj Ihl PLriod Jiilv ?n22- Jiini ?021 BL'sNood AdviLL IBACI has LonlinuL'd ru bi ¥ k¥y providir ot-
wLlfdfL riglils and dLbi advil¥ 10 rLsidLnls froin BL5tTh"oiJd dnd surroundinb ivards of NviiingTrl)ain Ciyv. BLIll￿T a
kLry SQUTLL at. support and inforniation fw lh¢ ino%1 14ilntrable WL. havc adaplcd Dllr ￿￿'ICe5 and dcvLIopLd new,
ways in Thorking 10 increa%e iervic¢ d¢lJvery.
Wi hdKC iakcn ort cxlr4 stslT to mcci Ihc irttreased dcThand, 2213 ncw cdses wcrc op¢n¢d for thc pcriod oroi
July *O??_ 30 Junc ?O?_l.
Wc huNe 5ccn an inlreascd anK>unt ofcornpl¢x with th¢ m&joriiy bcin¥ iimpaclcd by th¢ inLrcascd i(7$1 or
lii.inbi crisis Our advi5crs arc Iraincd in boih dcbi suppori and w¢llarc rights, hvwcvcr thc dcmand for th¢
sen'ice outstrips our ￿SOurce*.
Our approach io 011 our clien15 is 10 off¢T 3 holisiic sen-ice- dealing no¢ only with ih¢ is%ues Ihey presenl 10 US
bul also any surtouncling pioblem%.
The inteniion is lo iry 10 pr¢v¢nt luture probl¢m% and e[npO￿.er Ciii/en% 10 ¢ope betler in ih¢ future wh¢ih¢r 14'iih
technology. in10ri￿all0rt, OT oihcr batri¢rs.
W¢ are a uowiJ]g ihariry #nd have d¢i"clopeil more portnership woikinb* wilh oigwjsaiions including rhc
Triisscll Trust, British Gas atid thc local PCN.
Due 10 Ilie curr¢ni tinaiicial climk]ie ive don't w?nt to be too dependent oji aiiy lunder and are consiaiiily
lttokinb tor nem, partner%hip opponunities. We have siarted wprking ￿'11h Nottingham l.Èw Schaol to develop
I'olunteer opportunities ihrou¥h an adi'tseT Iraining pro¥ram. We hai'e roles available ID advice. admin and
tnjstee oppominiti¢s.
B.4L ciin¢inuL'% achiL*'L' high IcwLl% (if (>UTLI)mL'% f()r LitiZL'n5.
In ihc fiiianLiul }'ear 21122-20?l. JchiLivcd ivLlldri, bcllcfit% gains aDd Lharity suppL)rt ot. OVLY LI.7 Thilli()t)
manabsc
d d¢bi& of ov¢r £680,000. Mosl of Ihc Jdi'ic¢ bTtvcn i¥ in Ihc ficld ol. wclfarc ribTh15, lI￿¢1Y lollow¢d by
d¥bi adviL¥ und ulhir Laiegorics such ab enirgy issuib.
BisttkY)od Ciptr¥' is a lonb- ILllii. SU¥LL'ssful IvLdl Lharity whiLh is now In its Igih year. It niLLls a wid¥
tanbTC Df necd% foT eilizcn.s and thL %iaff ILams' teputalion a% tTU4tLd. hclpful, approacli8ble. and effLctivc in
ottd Estate. Thss
welfare right8 and associated provisinii contlllU¢S to b¢ central io it% stNation oil Be4twr
proi"iiion is supportd through its commiiied mL%ie¢s workiTr8 alon¥4iJc Ihc Paid ¢mployc¢s 10 coniinu¢ Ihjs
proiision conlinucs.
Inanclgl rel'lew
BiSlWI)i)d Adi'iLL QLn¢tL IS L(IntinuinbY l(I thrivL, Lwcn undLT Ch￿l[lA￿j LLrLumtstJilLL'S.
Polit)i re%erve.¥
Re%twood Adi'ice Cenire% aim is 10 k¢¢p the toial re%ery¢s beiwren £40.000-£5n.000
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Trustees, Report
P¥blii' behefil
In lini with IhL Jims Lif BLsiwood Adviil. C¥nlrL WL prvvidL SoLial WiltarL Ribkhis and jx.bi ddvicL. biiiidanrc.
nLbTolialion attd rcprcsL'ntalion in a LonfidLniial and 5afL Lnvirvninlni. w'hiLh suppons 2nd T15ponds 10 individiial
IILeds witlinui disLTiiniiiaiion. We givL adi'iLL on housing, Lducation. L'niployincni and innsuniLY i¥SU¢
with tcferrals. H'hcr¢ necessary. 10 4peeiaii.41 advice a¥encses.
Wc work 10 Ihc AdvicL Quality Sidndard for 'G¢ncral .4di i¢c wilh CasLwgrk' in ihc drcds of WLifdrc Righ1&.
ElcnLfJis an(1 Dcbi.
By providing sulliLieni JdviL¢ and guidanLC inif¥ascd knowlcdb)c and undcrsian(lin&T cnthblc.¥ inloiThed
dccisiuns lo b¢ madc.- by iinprovInb finanit21 rapabiliiy Ihc indivtdual and thL comm￿liY bcncfii. Thc aLIII'I(ics
onrribuie tow.ards a reduction in poverry and rnaximisin¥ income.
Th¢ iwqiccs ttsnftrm ih&t they hai'e coThplicd ivith thc rcquircmcnt% of %cction 17 af thc C-hariiie¥ Affl 2(11 I to
huve due regard Ir> th¢ puhlic benefii guidance publi%hed hv tlie Charity Commi$sion tor Englattd Wales.
Achie%'ttDenl% and perffjrmante
Duriiig the petiod July j1123 - June ?1124 Bestwoad Advice CentT¢ IBAC'I ¢Diiiiniied to b¢ a key pmvider of
weltare right% and debi advi¢e ID re*ideiil.4 trom B¢%tW"0￿ ￿ld .4urrounding IN'arrf$ of Notting1￿￿ Citv. Being a
kev source of iupport and infomatiort for the mo8t I'uliierable hai'e adapt¢d our ser% ite4 and develo￿rt he￿.
ways in workingy to in¢Tease Service deliTr'ery. We have taken on exira staff to Ineet th¢ increased detnand.
2574 ncw c8ses ￿re opert¢d for ih¢ period of 01 July 20?2 30 June 2023, an increase of 200/0 from Ihe
prL'VlI)U% yLdr. WL II#vL %LLn an InLi¥a4Ld ¥&m()uiit i)f LoniplLX Wlth thl mdjurity In)paclLd by thc
IIIITLasLd L(1.4t (If Iii'iiigw iri%i.%. (JUT udvJgL'Th arL IrdlnLd in bi)rh dL'bt %upp(irt and N-LlfurL' ri&Tlils. how¢vLr thL'
dL'mdnd for IhL' 4Lr%'ilL' ()Uf5trips OUT tL.wurLe%. ()ur appr(iach to all uur Lliciii% Is to ()ffL'r a h()IistlL SL'tviLL:
dedlitsw 2Jot unly wtth the issues Ih¢y present to U5 bui al&0 any hUTrounding pruhleins. The inteiilioll Js tt) try t
prEI'eJii fvtUTe probleTllS and empower L'itizens to cope bett¢T in the fvture whether with technology.
intunnaiivn. ur uihLr bHrriLrs. Wi ¥rL J bJTVM'illgp Lharii>' dnd havL dLVI'lupLd TnurL pdnn¥rship WVTkinbi %4'iih
ur&ianisaliuns iniludingy IhL 'I-ru5hLII .1 rus1. Ilriti¥h dnd ¥hL IuLal lJ('N. Nollinyihdm C2ry Couniil have
withdrawn IliLir funding In tliLir finaiiLidl rLsiriLlis>n.%. l)uc (() IIIL. currL'ni finaiicidl ilTniulL II'L doTr'l Nwdnl lo
bL' lon dCpC￿dL￿T on aiiy onc fijndcr aiid arL' con%ianily looking for nLW' parthcr%hip opw>rtutiiliL'4.
rl, hdV¥ SUrtL'd i)iir 2iid yiar ivi)rkiiigJ ivith Nottill¥khdm S¥hool iu dLI'ilup %'()IuniiL'r uppnrruJiiiiL'S tbroubyh
n Jdviscr Irdining pro¥rain. W¢ hail rolci availAbl¥ in advitt. domin and IruslLc opportuniiics.
Ille would Itk¢ to thank our fund¢rs. volunlecrs dnd siaff membcrs for their support over the past 12 monthb,
wiIILouI ihem we wtsuldn'i bc abl¢ 10 h¢lp offer ihis muLh nceded ¥uppon 10 th¢ residents. of Noiiingham.
EIAC LVntiTr￿s lu aLhiLI'¢ hi&Th IL'V¥ls of vuiioinLS fvr LiliZL'ns.
In Ihe financial year 2022.?O?3. a¢hieved w'ellare b¢neli18 gains and chariiy $upport ofjusi under £2 n)illion and
mana¥cd dcbi.% ofapprox £300.000. Mo%1 ofihc adiicc giicn is in Ihc fjcld of wrifarc ri8hi%. clos¢ly follow¢d
by dkbi iidi icc and oihcr caicgorics such eacrgy isSUCS.
I4¥b1wv￿ Adi'iLC Ccnir¢ is a lonb- IcmTr. sucecsslul Iocdl rharily which is now in i15 40th ycar. It mcct¥ a wide
rangie nf lleeds fnr citl7Ens and ilie statt. ieam%' repttiatinn a% trusted. helptul. apprth8chable. and elTective in
weltaTe right% 2%%0ciaied provision continue% to be central 10 its siluatton Beitw'ood r.8tate. Tliis
proi i.qion 18 %upport¢d through SLS tommiited trustees ivorkin¥ ulongside the paid ¢niploye&s 10 continue Ihi
proi'ision toniinues.
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The InLsiees Iwlio Dr¢ al80 the direciors ot- R¢%iwood Advice Cenire lor lh¢ PUTPOSe% ot. tompany lawl are
re￿p0￿$1b1C loi prepariiig the iru.slees' report and Ili¢ linanLial sial¢tnents in accordan¢e wilh appliEttble law aiid
Uniied KinBdom Accouniing Sta￿dards IUnit¢d Kingdom (i¢nerally Accept￿ Accounting Pyaclicel. inrluding
FRS 102 "The FiiuiiLiol Repuftilig %tdnildrd dppli¥Jble in rlii UK Lind RLTiibli¢ vf IrLlaiid" ThL' fL'pon aiid
aiiiiunts havu b¥LlI pfLpaMd in dLLvrd￿IILC M'ith Ihl PTOVlSlUrts Jji thL Comp￿￿ll￿ A¢1 )006 rLl#iinb7 ti) small
LiiillpdniL'S.
C(Impaiiy la￿. rL'4uirLq the InL%lL*￿ ui prepdrl, finan¥ial %taiLniciii% foi L'auh finaiiiial yL'ar. Iliidcr ci)mpaiiy laiv
thc irusices niusl llol approve the financidl siaicmenls unlcs& Ihcy are salisfied Ihat Ihcy Kivc a Iruc Jnd fair vicw.
ol- Ib¢ sldlc ol. affrflits of thc chariiablc cuTnpdny and i)r th¢ incorning r¢SLiurccs and 4pplicdiion Lif r¢sourccs.
inLludingT Its inLomc dnd uxpcndiiurc, ol. Ilic khdfiidbll ioiDpany Ivr Ihai pcri()d. In pr¥paiinJJ Ihcbc linJn¢ial
51JlcmLnlb. thc IrusiCC5 arc rLquircd ILI..
IcLt suitable accounliiig w>liLics and apply Ihcm ¥oTr%istenily*
IibseNL th¥ [nL*th￿S dnd prinLLplc% in IhL' ChanriL% %()RP;
Indke judgeiiieni% and ¢sliimaies Ihai ar¢ re&wnabl¢ 8nd prudeni..
$t#te whether appl¢¢able a¢tounting standards. comprtsirt8 FRS 10? hAwe been followed. %ubj¢ct to any
mai¢rial departure% disclo$¢d und explained in the financial 8iatements'. and
prLPaTi IhL tinyniial hlalliiibnts un Ihl ¢unLLMn basi¥ unlL%S It 15 indppwpriail to pN%uJnc ihai IhL
Lhariiabli ¥Dinpanv will ¢urtiilliiL in bu5inLSS.
The truslteb are T¢￿PonSible lor k¢eping proper aLeounting r¢iurds thai Lan disLlose with T¢asunable eLcura¢y at
any lime the tinan¢ial p051tioD of ihe chaTitabl¢ rompany and enable Ihem to ensure ihat ih¢ tinancial sialeTn¢nts
comply %4ith Ihe Cotnpanies Aci ?006. They ar¢ al%0 responsible for &ateguarding ihe 4?ss¢ls of Lhe charitabl¢
Company and hence IOT lakin¥ reasonabl¢ step% IOT lh¢ preveniion and deiection ol-lraud and other irrebwularities.
"I h¢ tn15fL*b ari rcspon%ibl¥ for tliL IndinlL'nancc and illiLbrily of thL Lorporatc and financial infunndiion
1ni1udL￿ lin tlie Lhdriit)blc cuinp(Iny'% w<b%itL. LLgiqlaiion goi'cming thL pfLparation and di¥scininaiiun of
rinaniiJl %ldicmLnt.4 mdy diffLr from ILbrisldlioii uthLY jlin￿l￿ri￿n$.
Approicd by lh¢ IrublCCS (FfihL Lhariiy on
nd sibincd OD Ils behall'by..
Jay
ChaiHnan
mall cumpanies prthvision stwtemtni
Thi5 report ha5 been Prepared in accordance with the 5fflall tornpani¢5 r¢girne under the CompaDies Act 2QO6.
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Besh*'ood Advice Centre
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Bestwood Advice Centre ('the
Company,)
lodependent examlner'* reP￿rt tth the Iru5tee* nf Bestwtsthd Advlce Centre I'tht CornpAllV'I
I r¢port 10 Ihc chariiy Irust¥cs on my Cxdminaiion of Ihc Jccounis of Ihc company for Ihc yEdr cndcd 30 Junc
Re$ponslbllltle$ bx515 of report
As Ihc chaFily % IfuNlccs of IhL Coiiipany land al.%0 ILS direcioTh for Ihc pury)oscs of conipany lawl }ou are
respon.¥tblt for th¢ prepardtion ofih¢ accounis in accordance wilh th¢ requiremertl% olrhe C'ompanie% Act 2006
I'thc •006 Arl'l.
Slai'iiibw bdtis1iLd illvscif Ihal thc dLLuullis uf Ih¢ Companv drc noi rcquTrTcd 10 bc au(liled iindcr Part 16 01. Ihc
?11116 Aci &nd aT¢ eli￿>1b1¢ for independeni exlltningiion. I report In Tespecr lif my e¥amination ol-your cliariiy'5
ac¢ounl% ths carried oui under s¢ction 145 ot- the Charities Act )Ql I I'the 701 l .Ict'l. Iii carrving out my
¢¥aminaiion I haNe follo￿ed ilie t)ire¢lions given by Ihe Chariiy Comnii&sion under section 14$15Xbl ot the
?01 l Act.
IndependÈnt examlner'% stat¢￿ent
J have L()mpleied tny ekntninaiiott. l Lonfjm) th* n() matter.4 have Lomf io my utteniion in Lonnecrion with rhe
Cx&￿i￿allon Eii'ing me cau5C to believc ihai in any material TCSPCCt-.
iIDuiiliiib* r¥iord% WL'rL iii>l kcpt in rL%pLLt ftf IhL' Li)tMpany rL'quifLxI by SL¥tion IX() of ihL 2006 Aci.. or
2. the accounts. do noi accord with Ihos¢ re¢oTdb'.' or
3. lh¢ ftccouni￿ do noi comply wilh Ihe aceounlin¥ requirements Of-￿¢clI0n 396 of Ihe 2006 Aei oih¢r Ihan anv
requireni¢nl Ihai Ihe acLounLs give a 'irue and fair, trtew which is noi a rnaiier considered a.s pari of an
4. Ihc aLLOUnt% liave nut bLcn prcparcd in aLC(ITdancL M'illi ihL' mcihod5 and principlL'% of thc SialLryncnl of
KciumiiiLndLd ll
TdCtILL fur dLLL)uiiiinLF and TLPUrtinb by LhdritlL.8 lappliidblL 10 LhaTitlL% pfLwdTJllbJ rlic'ir
aLLciunt% in aLL()[d￿lIC* wirh ihL FinanLiyI RLyi>rtiiigp Siatrddrd dppliLiiblL 111 IhL IJK diid RLpuhliL l)f IrL'land
IFRS IOtiII.
hai'e no coiicerns and have roine acro%$ no olher mailers in conneciion with the examination 10 M'hich aiieniion
hould be dr2wth ITr thi% report in order io enabl¢ a proper under.¥iandin¥ ofihe a¢tounl% ro be teached.
John O.
LJI MSL. FAIA, FC'IE. empluyee of Cummuniry ArLoulliirtg Plus
Fclluw Lkf IhL AssoLiaiivn ofchdrily In¢J¥pcndcnl E¥dmin¥ll
Units l &- 2 Nunh Wcst
41 Talboi StrLLI
Noiiin¥hdin
NGI 5GL
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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
{Including Incnme and Expenditure Account and Statement Df Total Recogni5ed Galns
nd Losses)
Tot¥1
2023
Unrestrl¢ied
Re$irlel¢d
2024
Note
Income xnd Lndowm¢nts from:
DonaiLVDS dijd legariL'S
hdriubll 4LtiviriL
42,064
102
42,064
197.gh6
23.954
I IIX.6114
197,8fv1
Toliil InLumL
42,166
197,864
240.11311
11? 55%
Expenditurt on..
2.339
1187.65&1
18S,3171
otsl Exi)cnditllrc
1.-33y
I I X7.6561
NL?i incomellcxpcnditurcl
TrLiii%f¢r¥ IK&tw¢¢n futtds
44.505
13.5091
10,208
3,509
54.713
139,5711
N¢t muvem¢nt in funds
40,996
54.713
139,5711
Reeon¢illatioN olfund5
Tuial funds broubhi fL)TrvaTd
Toldl funds LUUiLd foTward
20.￿19
26,799
46.848
86.419
61,045
40.516
46.848
All of ihc charity'5 JCIiN'111¢5 dcrivc froni coplinuing opcraiions during Ih¢ above Iwo periods.
The fund¥ brcakdown fur thc pcriod ib tshvwn in nvle I l.
The noies on pa¥e4 10 10 18 fomi an iniegyral parl Ot. Ihese tirtancial sthiem¢nts.
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Statement of Flnancial Aetivities for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
(Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement nf Ttstal Recogn15ed Galn5
2nd Los%e5)
These are Ihe fiKufw4 for the preiloijs #CCllUlJtlhx period and are in¢ludLyI for comp9r•tive puryTr¥e5
Lnre5trlttcd
Restricted
TotAI
fund%
fund5
2023
ote
Endowm¢ttts from:
t)onaiions aiiJ legacies
Charitable aclii'iiie8
23.954
13.954
108.604
23,954
108.604
132.$58
Expenditure on:
C'haritable actLI'jtie5
1172.12¥1
Total expenditure
131.(J58
1172.129
Net ¢xpendiluTe
17.1041
132.4671
139,5711
Ntl nJoicn)cnl in fund5
(7. IIMI
132.4671
139,5711
Rtconclllati(kn offMDds
TO1￿?] t'unds brtsu&Jhi lorward
Tolal funds carried forward
22.336
64.083
86.419
15,!32
31.616
46,84
The noies on pa¥e$ 10 to 18 form an Trniegrnl part ot'ihese rtnancial s￿￿T￿en15.
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(Registration number: 117529286)
Balance Sheet a5 at 30 Juiit 2024
2024
202J
riote
Flx¢d 8ssct5
Tiin¥iblL'
1.024
Current As¥et5
Dehtors
LAsh ar baT& and in hand
1.375
48.7XX
102,556
48.78
Cr¢dltor5: Amoun15 falling due within one yeY4r
12,0191
11.940
Net current 855ets
100.537
46.84R
Ne¢ assets
Fund5 of th¢ ch8rlt*:
R¢stricted Income funds
Restricted fi]llds
40,)16
26.799
Unrotricltd Income funds
Unrestricted tunds
61.IH5
20.049
46.848
I'ot#l fund5
FUT IhL fiiiJiKial )'car Lndinbw 30 JUDL 2024 thc Llidrlty Lmiiiflcd 10 LxcmpIiOLi froiD dudit under SLilton 477 of
thc ('.ompani• ALI 2(K16 rLlating 10 small companie￿.
DirL6roTh' rLspoDsibilitics'.
Thi. mLTnhL'fi hHVL' ni)i ￿'4￿1T￿Y1 rhL' Lharity to obtdiij ali avdii of ils aLlOiUlts flir ihL yLar in qu¢￿ti<ll7 in
IJLIoTd￿l1lL With ￿￿lIall 47Ci: dnd
The dire¢ior% ackn0￿"1¢d￿e theiT resrKin%kbiliii¢s for coniplying with Ih¢ r¢quircni¢Dt% of the Act with ￿￿r￿cl
10 accouniin¥ r¢cords and itLC prcparniion of accounts..
ThLSL fJtiartLial stslLminis havL' bLLll pfL.￿r￿J iii ttii()rdaiiLL ￿1th Ihl 4PLLi41 pr(Iviss(IDs rclaiinb to ciiThpaniL'8
subjlxt tsTr lh¢ small ccTrmpanLC5 fL'gim¢ *ithin Pdrt 15 of thL Companjls ALI 211116.
-I'hc finanLi81 sfallmimts utt pabrcs 7 rLTr 18 WLfL dpprvvLd by th¢ mJslLYs. and auihorix.d for iSYUL on
- A￿1 qigned on Iheir beh?Il'by'.
18y Hay¢4
Chaimian
The noies on pa¥es 10 10 18 fomi an inie¥ral paTi L)t'ihe5e tinasTrcial stsiem¢nlS.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
l A¢countlDg policies
Summgrn of significant attouthting pnli¢it8 *nd key ittounting estimat
The prinilP81 accountin¥ policies applied in tli¢ preparation ot. these financial 51Arements are sei out b¢low.
These pvlicies have been consi%tenily appli¢d lo all Ihe )'ears presenied. unl¢ss oiher¥%'ise 51aled.
StAttm¢nt nf c(Jmpliance
The linancial ststements have beeo prepared in atLordance with Arcouniin¥ and Reporting by Chkrili¢s'.
Siaiernenl of. Recoinmended Praciice (applicable lo chaniie% preparingk Iheir accounis in accordanc¢ iviih Ihe
rinancial R¢poninE Siandard applicable In th¢ UK and RtpubliL of Ir¢land IfRS 10211 li%%ued in Ociober 20191
ICharilie% SORP IfRS 10211. Ihe fingncial Reporling SiandoTd applicable in Ihe UK and RepLibli¢ ol. Ireland
IFRS 1021 and Ihc Coinpanics Aci 1006.
Basis ol preparAtion
I4¢51￿00d Advice Centre meets Ih¢ deliniiiott of a ptsblir benefit enlily under fRS 102. A%%¢i8 and liabilitie.s ar¢
initially tcrognised ai hisiorical cosi or tran5aeliott valuc otherwi%¢ %laied in the relewani accowiting
policy nolcs.
Colng tothcer
The finiillLldl SiitfLmenTS havL' tx'cn prLW£wLd on d going LonLern b#si¥.
The Iruslccb a￿¢5¥ whL*ihcr Ihc u¥c of going cunccrn Is appropriJl¢ i.i. whctlicr Ihcre iirc any malLrial
unLcrtainiic5 rclJicd lo cvcn15 UT Londilions Ihal may Lail bignifiLdni duubi on Ihc Jbiliiw tsf thc Lharily lo
coniinuc as d ¥oing) LiTrncLrn. Th¢ Irusl¢cs Jnak¢ Ihis ass¢55mcni ID Tcspc¢I of a p¢ri￿ of on¢ year fyoyn ihc J31c
ofapproval ol'the financidl slalctnL'ni5.
F.xemptlon from prepMrinR 4 ¢xsh $l¥tL'mi'nt
ndcr Ihc cxcrnpiion 3vai1iL ble 10 sniallcr chariiics Lhc ljoaid ofTrustccs ha5 chosen not io include a Sialcmeni
of Ctsh Trlows wiihin the fJTLaniial Siatem¢nis.
Income intl endowtnellts
Voluntary income including donations, gifts. legacies knd grants thai provide core funding or are of & general
nature is recogtti5ed i%'heJi the ch2fiiv has entiilenienr 10 the in¢oJne. it 15 probable that the itlcome will be
receii ed and the amount tan be m¢asLired with .sutficieni reliabTliry.
t)onaiions &rc rccoBniscO when Ihc chdriiy hds noiificJ in wriling ol. boih Ihc amount and sciilcmcni dale.
In Ihi Cl'tnl Ihiil a donation is subjcci lo condilions ihai rcquirL d ICVLI of pcrforiKancc by Ihc Cli￿lri1V bclorc Ihe
chariiy Is cniiilcd io IhL lunds, Ihc incomc is deferrcd and noi rccognised uniil eiilicr thoic evndiiii)ns arc fully
met. nr the fultilni¢nl of tho%e tandiii()n% is ii.holly within the Cotttrol of the charity and li 18 probable that the4e
condiiien% will b¢ fulfilled in the reporying period.
Grnfvts méiiwble
Gran15 drv TeL0&niSL￿ when th¢ chtvity an L4Jiitlement $0 th¢ funds and any iojjditiDJis linked tu thL' bryHUIY
havL bLcn mci. WhLr¢ pcrformancc conditions arc aiiaLhid 10 Ihv ¥ranl and iirc ytl lo bc tncl. lh¢ incotnc ib
rccobtrniicd as 8 liabilily inLludcd on Ihc balJncc 5hcct as dclcircd incomc lo be r¢leaSLd.
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Bestm'ood Advlce Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Yelr Ended 30 June 2024
F.xpenditurt
All cxrKndiiurc is rcco&mi5cd oD¢c thcrc is a l¢¥al or consifu¢iivc obligalion io thai ¢xp¢ttdilurc. li 15 probablc
ctIlLincnl i% rcquircd dnd ihL #inouni Lan bc mcaiured rcliably. All co.4ls arc allocaicd 10 IhL applicablc
cxpcndilurc hcading Ihai dggrcgaie similar Co¥1￿ 10 Ihat cal¢80ry. Ivhcrc rosis C%innol ￿ dirccily aiiribu1¢41 to
purti¢ular headings they hal'e bccn ullo¢aicd on a bas'ii consistent wilh Ihc use frt- resources, wilh ccnlral sia
eosls Jll(ILJted on the basis of lim¢ ￿pent, dnd deprcciaiion Lhdrges alloLaied on the portion of Iht asset'￿ uye.
Other support roslb are allvLai¢d bascd vft Ihc spread ofstdtrL051s.
Chqrlttsble ociivirfes
ChdTirAblL iXPLiiIIiTufL' Ll)mpriw% tho4L' Lo%fs iDLiLrrL,d by thL' Lhariiy in thc dL'IIvLry lif ils aLIII'iflL% ai)d SLr¥iLLs
It inLludL'% h(Ith Ll?%lS that LUD IK, #ll()iatLd dirL'Lil>' t(1 4uih ￿tIVIti￿￿ and ihosL' uJs¢5' 1)f
indirlct OdluTe ￿el￿s￿arV lu support th¢m.
Gol'ernmtnt grant$
(y()VL'rnniiiii WdTits iirl ri¥(Iblli%L,d Llrt rhL IIILTU4LI mi)dLI uii¢J arL' mLYLsiifLd ?t thi. f4ir VdluL of IhL tLq%¥t
rLILII-Ld i?r rLiiivablL. (iraiil% aTL' clu%sific(l as rclalii)g LithL'r lu rL'VLliUL or lo a54LiS. (yiaiil% rLlarii)g t(1 rL'vL'IIUL'
are rccogiiiSLd iii iiicoinc (Ivcr ilic ￿[l()d in ivhibh Ihc rclaicd lost% are recogni%cd. (iraii15 T¢laiii)¥ io assc1￿ a
retognised Trver the exr￿ted usetiil life of the assei. Illhere part of a grant relating to an asset IR deferred. ii is
TL'¥u¥ttisLd ab d¢fLYrcd inLusn¥.
T•xAtlon
The charity is Considered to pas5 thE tesis sel out in Paragraph I Schedul¢ 6 of the Finance Aci 20111 and
therefore st meet4 the definition of a charitable cornpany for UK CQTporation Tax purposes. Accordingly. rhe
lTrarily 14 Potenliallv exEmpi froim taxatlon 111 Te%pect ot incon)e or capital receiied ￿1[￿117 C￿te￿TOrieS
cov¢ied by Chapier 3 Part I l ot. Ihe Corporation Tpx Aei 2010 ar Section 2£6 ot. Ihe TaxaliDn ot. Chargeable
tiain4 Act IlJ92, 10 thL L'xicni ihdl 4ULh incorne or Lyaiiis drc appIlL￿ LuLlu%ivcly ID Lhdriidhll purpo%L%.
Tan%ibli' fixed a$5tts
Indiwidual fixed a%seL% cosi*ng £500 or rnore Ère inilially recorded at co<L I¢&s 4ny subsequ¢ni accumuluied
depreciaiioii and qu￿equ¢￿I accumulated impairtn¢ni lo&se4.
D¢prLYi&tlun and ymorlisailu
DLprLLialivn is pr(IvidLd on tanbiibli t5xLd assct5 so as io wit¢ oft thc losi or valuo1i17n, Icss any esiiinaild
T¢*idual i'alu¢. ovei. Iheir e.xpecied usetijl economic Itte follows..
A55et ¢las5
Liimi)Illir LNuipm¢￿t
DeprecI￿tIon method rate
31.3°/u 4tydlbhi Iiiil
Trade dehltsrs
Trade debior4 are amnunts due from cu%tomet8 for merchandise sold or Eervices p¢rttimied in the ordinary
course ot'bu%ine*s.
Trade debiors are recogni%ed iniiially al fhe tran￿ctIOn PriLe. They are subsequenily measured ai amoriised co%t
usirtg tht eff¢ctive inl¢Ttsi method, less proi'i%ion for irnpaimient. A proi'ision lor Ihe iinpairmenl of Irade
deblors is eS￿blIShed %¥heii ihere is obj¢¢li￿e evid¢n¢e ihat Ihe chariLy will Doi be able 10 ¢ollect all amourjls due
)i&oTdiJ)b io ihL' ()ll&TjI)al tLrm% ()f IhL fL'Liivublis.
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Bestw'ood Advice Centre
l%otes to the Fi￿anCIal St*tements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
Cash and cash tqui¥'alenis
Cash and ca%h cquii'alcni% ¢oinpribC ca.4h on hand and call dcposils, and oih¢r shoti-iemi highly ljquid
Invc.4lniinl5 ihol arc rc8dily conicrtibl¢ 10 a known amouni of casli and ar¢ subjcci 10 iin in%igniftcdni ribk or
chang¢ in valuc.
ulld Structure
IliirL'siriLIL'd iiiLomL funds dfL' fund% thdt arl avuilablL for tJ4L' at thL Irn¥ILL%' di4Lrviivn in fvrthL'rancL' af
IhL' i?bjL'Ctii'L.8 lif thi ihtsriry.
Re.%lTicl¢d inconie fund8 ar¢ those granis lor u%¢ in a pariicylar area or for spccilic purpose5. the us¢ ol-which 15
rcsirieicd lo Ihai arL'3 OT purp￿¢.
Pen510th5 and oihtr p051 relirernent obllg4tlon8
Thc cliarity QPLraiL% a dLfiiicd Li?nlrihurion PLnsiDn sLhemL for LinploycL%. Thl Ibf the sLhcTn¥ arL' hL'ld
cparaicly Iiotn Ihosc (Ifthc charjly. P¢n%ion co%1% charbFes In thL Siaittn¢nl ofFinanci31 Aciiviiie.4 r¢prc%eni lh¢
coniribulion¥ payJblc by Ihc Lhdriiy duTin¥ thc ycar.
2 Income from donatlon5 and legacies
Unrestricted
fund&
Tot41
2024
Totttl
202.4
Doiiaiiuns IcyLlL￿.
IhhL'f IllLI)tnL fr(im doiiaii<)Jis & li'gT41IILS
Cirani4. In¢ludinL iapilal grdnts.,
Gui'L'rnInLyii ￿￿nt5
(irdnts from i)IhLT LharitjL
(innts from LX)tnpaiiies
1.1¥4
4.1?0
4.120
15.9¥0
6,790
792
37.152
792
37.152
42.064
42.1>64
3 Income from tharltable RLirlvlile5
rfstrictL'd
fund¥
Gineral
R(￿triLtl'rt
fund5
Total
2024
Toial
2023
Granls and donaiion8
Sundry TLLLIPIS
197.864
197.864
102
IQX,OU4
102
102
197.864
197.966
I(>X.004
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BesN'ood Advlee Centre
Notes to the FinAncial Statements for ihe Year Ended 30 June 2024
4 (Jrints & donatllln5
Uorc5tri¢¢cd
fund5
Restrictcd
fund5
'I'otal
BL'snvoo(l and Bulivell Foodbank.
St Anns Adi'5ii tiTLIUP
Nvttin&haiii Law CLntrL 2
Bi%lM'cxxI DircLtioJ)%
Ni)ItinLThdm & Di%triLt CAB
National Grid
The Naiional Loli¢ry
S¢i'Lm Trcni ￿'al¢r
Nollinghani Ciiy OPP ISPLWI
Hope Noiiingham
Sundry Donaiionb
28.478
23.495
28.478
23,77.%
280
22.570
3.000
6(1. ITh)
6().100
6.6(10
32.734
32.734
512
35.¥XO
4.-177
36.3y•
4,ljO
4.1?0
42.1164
197.1164
?34.y?
5 Expendliure on chY4rltable *ctlvltles
Unre$trlcted
fund8
CenerAI
K25tri¢ttd
funds
olal
2UZ4
'I'otal
2023
330
14.809
282
13usine%s CL)sIs
Idurtsiion expens¢s
Salari￿. Nl & Pcnslolls
Volunlccr ¢xpcn%¢q
Training
Sthrrcxtknscs
Sundry cxpcn%c
Depreciation
Payroll SLThICC
Oicrhcuds
717
16
15.516
16
103
160,609
161.743
152.207
2Y
100
200
12
1.5??
1,547
206
512
206
51?
1.054
54
494
4Y4
21Q
Trai'cl & ilLiiiJnmi)datii)ii
Aitivily rc41)urncs
(hher expen%c
1fi7
3.300
6.?33
12,3391
1 $7.656
IR5.317
17? 1?9
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BesTh'ood Advice Centre
otes to the Financial Statement5 for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
6 %t#lTcv%t5
Thc agg7TLbaiL payroll cosrs w¥rL' as follows..
2024
2023
taff cth5ts durin% the yegr WErt:
Wdlib and
Sv¥iJl s¢Luriiy Lobts
Pcnsion LOSI5
143,789
9.939
8.(J14
143.3$7
4.817
4,033
161.743
15?.207
Thc monihly avcrage numbcr of pcrs0rt% lircludiny xenior Inanagcrneni icarnl employcd by ihc charity durin
thi, yi'ar wa.4 #s tullu￿..
2024
2023
AvcrabkL rtumbcr of cmpluyccs
6 120?3 - 51 of the abtsve employees participated in the Deflned Contribution Pettsion Sch¢nies.
Cvntribulions 10 (hi LmployL'L' ￿nsIon SLhL'Irn'S for Ihl yLar t4>tsllL(J £X.015 12n2.1- £4.11.1.11.
No crnploycc rcccivcd cmolumenis olmorc ihan £60.000 during lh¢ ycar.
The ioial crnploycc bcncfits ofthc key manag¢mcni personnel of thc charity wcrc L30.876 (?0?3 k38.601}.
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Bestw'ood Advice Centre
Notes to the FinanclAI Statements for the YeAr Ended 30 June 2024
7 T2ngibk fiAed 955etS
Cfjmpllier
equÉpm¢nt
'I'oi#l
Co8f
Ai l July 2023
AddLrii)n%
2.070
1.5.16
AI 311 JunL' 2024
Depre¢igÈion
Ai l July •f123
Chargc for the ycar
2.070
2.070
AI 30 June ?1)24
2.58?
2.58?
Net book I'alue
At 30 June ?1124
1.024
l.(J24
AI 30 June ?023
8 Debtor5
2024
2023
Trade debior%
9 Crt.dltors: amtsunts lalling duc wlthiD onc yc*r
2024
202.1
Oililr tuxdlion and 5U15al seLurity
Oth¢r trediiors
130
1.810
2.019
.019
1,940
10 Charitv status
The chariiv is & Lhtiriiy liniilcd by guardnicc and rontseqiicnily di)c5 noi hdV¢ sharc capilal. Each ofihc 1ruit￿¥
15 liabl¢ 10 uoniribulc dn dmi)uni CX¢Lcdinbi £10 lowards Ihc dSbcIs orth¢ ihariiy in Ihc ¥vcnl ofiiquid#li(In.
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Besh'ood Advlce Centre
Notes to the Flnancial StAtements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
l J Funds
Balan¢c at
.10 June
2024
ilolance #t I
Julj 2U23
IncomlDg
resources
Rtsouree$
expend¢d
l-ransfers
Unrestrl¢tcd funds
GeKewl
0.049
13.5091
61.045
ke¥tricted funds
Wclfllrc RIg￿h¢h INCABI
Fucl Povcrty
Foodbank
Natinnal (irid
National Lotterv
21,758
5.041
71,038
23.494
4.577
6.600
-32.734
15.8x0
7.1.12
16.409
188,8751
123.7571
18.0¥fj1
16.61101
1.32,7?41
126,0%91
3.921
4.778
3.509
PCYI ISPLWI
HSti4
Public Ilealth È-ngland
TolAI re5trl¢ted fund$
9,791
16..106
2fi.799
197R64
1187.6i61
3.409
40.£16
Total fund5
46.%4
240.030
lancL' Ilt
Julv 2022
IncomlnK
L*uufco5
RL'suuri¢
L'xpondi,d
Balance st 30
J4]n&, 2023
Unrestrlctod funds
G*iieral
Gcner￿lI
22,330
23.954
1?6.2411
?11.1149
Rtstricted
W¢lfaT¢ ]Oghis INCABI
Fuel Poverty
28.676
14.354
4.474
9.149
5,VJ2
71,945
(78.8631
1:).4391
16.4291
19,1491
126.5<161
?1.758
5,1)41
.955
Covid isolation Teeov¢ry
Foodbank
Iniem%
20.57%
'I'&tal restricted
()4.083
108.604
1145.8881
26.799
Tot#1 flknds
86.419
132.f 58
46.848
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Bestwood Advice Centre
Notes to the Financial Siatement5 for the YeY4r Ended 30 June 2024
-I'hL' specific purposes for which thL funds ark to bL' applicd arL as follows..
elfdre Rigbrs INCABI
Pr￿￿1￿￿5 adi'iLL dlid sUPPVrt 10 I¢xdS Tl'Sidints drouDd thL'iI WLlfd' rL' tibht¥. This i& thL mditt suuriL' Of ￿l￿>m￿.
Fucl PuvLrty
Suppoiiing fomilic5 artd the community throu8h training.
Salarits
A Loniribution iowaTds addiiionJl advice workcTS.
Fvodbank
Tv pruvidi food p&rLLls 10 ItiLal rLsidLnfS in nLcd.
Qvvi(11suldliun KLLOVL't
To support those were i'tsln¢r2ble during Coi"id 10 regain conlidence and access local f2ciliiies.
Iniern
Suppon hiudcnls on placcincni.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
12 Analvsi8 of not a55Cts bctween funds
Unrrstricted
funds
Other
Total funds Ilt
10 June
2024
Restrleted
fllnd$
FixLd d5SLI invL%tmLnls
C'urrL'ni
CuTrvnt li&biliric5
1.0•4
62.040
1.024
102.556
(2.0191
40.%16
fiI.IM5
Uhrc5trbCtod
rund5
Dc%ixn8ted
Total funds #t
30
202.1
Re5t¥icled
funds
Current w%s¢t.
c'u￿ellt liahilitie
2U.I)49
2X.7.IIJ
4X.78Y
Total n¢1 &%SeLS
20,049
26.799
46,84¥
13 Fec5 PSy8ble to Indep¢ndL'tlf cx&mln¢r
During the period. rhe tee% payable (excluding VATI EQ the charity's independent examiner Community
ArLvuntin¥ I'lus aTC analysLd as follows".
2024
2023
Indcpcndcnl cxaminaiiun
Payroll scrviLcs
Oihcr finatJLldl bmiLcb
980
748
666
770
1,3R7
2,394
2.157
14 TAx#tkpn
The ¢harity IS 3 re¥i%i¢r¢d ehariiy ond is therefor¢ ¢x¢mpl from taxation.
14 Trut+tLYs remuner*flon expense5
No Iruslees hAvc rLc¥ivcd any othcr bcocfils from Ihc charity during Ihc year.
16 Related party tr*nsAttkoa5
Th¢Te i%'erc no related party tran%aciions in th¢ yew.
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