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← Harrogate And Area Cvs Ltd

2025-03-31-accounts

Charity Registration No. 1144758

Company Registration No. 7760477 (England and Wales)

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD KNOWN AS HARROGATE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ACTION

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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CONTENTS

Page
Legal and administrative information 1
Trustees' report 2 - 11
Statement of trustees' responsibilities 12
Independent examiner's report 13
Statement of financial activities 14
Statement of financial position 15
Statement of cash flows 16
Notes to the financial statements 17 - 29

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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees Helen Claire Bourner - Chair
Samuel John Gibbs - N Yorkshire Council nominated
trustee
Alistair Ratcliffe
(Susan) Ann Allen (Resigned 15 April 2025)
Dr Phyllis Johnson (Hughes)
James Plummer (Resigned 31 December 2024)
Victoria Oldham
Charity number 1144758
Company number 7760477
Registered office & principal address Community House
46-50 East Parade
Harrogate
HG1 5RR
Independent examiner Frances Howard FCA
Fortus Limited
Business Advisors and Accountants
Equinox House
Clifton Park
Shipton Road
York
YO30 5PA
Bankers CAF Bank Limited
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4JQ
Key Management Personnel Frances Elliot - Chief Executive & Company Secretary (Resigned 30 April 2025)
Elaine Stevenson - Chief Executive & Company (Appointed 14 April 2025)
Secretary
Lizzie Hughes - Development Manager
Phil Newby - Finance Officer
Other names HADCA
HARCVS
Harrogate & District Community Action
Harrogate & Ripon Centres for Voluntary Service

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).

The legal and administrative information page forms part of this report.

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity and company, as stated in the Memorandum and Articles of Association are:

Our Vision:

People in the Harrogate District benefit from leading fulfilling and active lives and make a positive contribution to local community life.

Our Mission:

To support our communities, charities and volunteers to make the Harrogate District a great place in which to live and work.

Our Overall Aims:

Our Strategic Objectives:

  1. To provide local voluntary and community sector information services

  2. To support local community and social action, especially volunteering

  3. To support local community fundraising

  4. To provide services which help people stay safe and well at home, supported by volunteers

  5. To ensure HADCA is fit for purpose, independent and marketed effectively

Our vision, mission, aims and objectives continue to be reviewed as we work towards completion of a new strategic plan taking account of ongoing changes to our grant and contract funding.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties. The trustees consider that all the activities of HADCA are carried out for the public benefit, as illustrated in this annual report.

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Activities of the Charity during the year

Harrogate & District Community Action (HADCA) exists to provide support to charities, voluntary and community groups and volunteers across the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire. We are a member-led organisation and have a membership of over 200 local voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations. We can trace our history back to 1963 with the establishment of Ripon CVS. Harrogate and Area CVS was founded in 1988 and incorporated Harrogate Volunteer Centre, which had been set up in 1973. The Harrogate and Ripon organisations came together in 2013 to form an organisation which now serves the whole former district. At that time the trading name Harrogate and Ripon Centres for Voluntary Service was adopted and this was changed on 1st May 2020 to Harrogate and District Community Action, to better reflect the charity’s role.

HADCA is a local independent multi-purpose charity working in partnership with a wide range of voluntary, public and private sector organisations, connecting and collaborating to support local community and social action. Our information services remain at the heart of our role, with three further themes of local voluntary action, local fundraising and practical support. Connecting and collaborating continues to underpin all our work. Our services are available to charitable groups of all sizes, from small neighbourhood groups through to large regional and national charities based in the Harrogate District.

We own and manage Harrogate Community House to provide reasonably priced office accommodation for 15 voluntary organisations and good quality affordable meeting space for a variety of community activities.

Under the umbrella of the Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP) we offer a range of practical services for people in need of some additional support.

Funding

Strategic grant aid that had been provided to us by Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) over many years was continued during the transition to North Yorkshire Council. This was for both our community action work supporting the local voluntary sector and for one of our practical support services. This was reviewed in 2024/25 as part of a wider exercise to look at the Council’s support for the voluntary sector. We also receive a smaller grant from Ripon City Council to support a forum for the Ripon area.

We were successful in being awarded funding from Health and Adult Services to contribute towards our wellbeing and prevention work in Ripon from April 2023 for three years, for which we use the name “HELP Ripon and Rural”.

Information services

We provide a wide range of information including funding, networking and learning opportunities. We promote voluntary sector services, activities, events, news, jobs and volunteering opportunities via our weekly e-bulletin and extensive networks. Our online Where to Turn and Volunteering Directories are at the heart of this work. We prioritise ensuring that both are kept up to date, accurate and widely promoted so that they are the first port of call for people looking to get involved in the local voluntary and community sector.

Via our reception service at Harrogate Community House, we meet and greet a wide range of visitors and callers and ensure they receive a warm welcome and helpful information and advice. We also keep a wide range of literature on local activities, services and volunteering opportunities in the Community House Information Centre.

Local Community Action

HADCA supports local voluntary organisations and community groups to strengthen their organisations by being better informed and being more aware of emerging local needs and priorities. HADCA provides opportunities to network, to work in partnership and to be involved and influence local decision making.

HADCA seeks to be involved in and influence local decision making, working closely with partners from all sectors to ensure a thriving local voluntary and community sector, contributing to local partnership initiatives as opportunities and new needs arise. We also use our connections and networks to feed information through to regional and national partners such as our national associations (NAVCA, NCVO and Locality), the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP), the Localities Care Partnership (LCP) and the North Yorkshire VCSE Health and Care Sector Assembly. We disseminate useful updates from these and other relevant organisations.

We support local community action via a programme of networks, enabling voluntary and community sector representatives to meet, share issues, achievements and opportunities to work together. We also do this informally by signposting or introducing people with specific interests or needs for support to others who have shared interests locally.

We promote local volunteering and provide information on local volunteering opportunities, with a focus on the online HADCA Volunteering Directory which has been in operation since October 2016. We provide further support to volunteer-involving organisations via regular information updates.

Our local community action work has led us to work on projects to get new people into volunteering, which have grown in success this year:

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Local fundraising

It is part of our role to ensure that the Harrogate District voluntary and community sector is resilient and well prepared, and we work to support THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District, which was launched in partnership with HADCA, the then Harrogate Borough Council and Two Ridings Community Foundation in January 2018. The ambition is to build a substantial endowment fund that can be easily accessed by local charities to help them meet the needs of their beneficiaries. The fund itself is held and managed by Two Ridings Community Foundation and HADCA’s role is to co-ordinate the overall partnership, promote the fund to potential donors and recipients and participate in the panel which distributes funds

Providing prevention services for people in challenging times

Via the Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP), HADCA works with volunteers to help people whose circumstances mean they need additional support to remain healthy, independent and safe in their own homes, reducing the need for statutory and NHS services. These services were provided to people unable to access affordable support from any other providers and those without a trusted local support network. Clients can easily self-refer, and we receive referrals from the hospital and social services. The key services offered during this period were:

In the home:

Away from the home:

In March 2025, HADCA employed 13 staff (6.28 full time equivalents). However, we were only able to provide our services due to the support of 170 volunteers (55 regular volunteers and 115 occasional volunteers).

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE DURING 2024/25

General overview

The charity was led throughout the year by Frances Elliot, Chief Executive and Lizzie Hughes, Development Manager. Frances joined the HADCA team as HELP Services Manager in 2011 and was appointed as Chief Executive in 2020. Frances left in May 2025 and staff and trustees hope to continue to build on all that she has achieved during her career at Harrogate & District Community Action.

Health and safety, data security and safeguarding are considered at every board and team meeting to ensure we comply with all regulatory requirements relevant to our services. We work hard to ensure all our risk assessments, policies and procedures are kept up to date and that staff and volunteers are aware of all key decisions. Staff and volunteers continue to participate in a wide range of training and development and particularly benefited from the increase in online training on offer.

Information services

A key role for HADCA is to promote the local voluntary and community sector and we continue to use a variety of methods to do so, including social media. We have strong links with the local media and contribute two monthly columns in the Harrogate and Ripon weekly newspapers to highlight the work of the sector. Our free online Introduction Sessions help connect new colleagues from statutory and voluntary organisations, as well as local residents and businesses. Health and social care professionals became more aware of local voluntary sector services and how to refer their clients. 42 people participated in 6 sessions.

The HADCA e-bulletins continued to be issued weekly during 2024/25 to keep over 1,000 local charity and community contacts up to date with information on grants; resources; local community food provision; energy and general cost of living support; local community venues offering activities and ‘warm welcome spaces’; training and networking opportunities and consultations. They also promoted local charity news, new and changed services, activities, events, volunteering opportunities and charity jobs. Over the year over 420 community events and 108 charity jobs were promoted. Anyone can add community news for inclusion and to subscribe for free. Our circulation list also includes local health and social care professionals, local councillors and churches. In the run up to Christmas, we updated and shared information about various ways to support local charities and each other during the festive season. Updated information was shared on warm and welcoming places open over the winter months and local community food provision.

HADCA promotes and celebrates voluntary and community action on X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Daily posts promote local

support, opportunities and resources with over 4,550 X and 1,460 Facebook followers.

The fully searchable online ‘Where to Turn’ directory contains over 800 charity services and community activities providing support for good health and wellbeing. Our community events calendar lists around 40 – 70 forthcoming events (including online) at any one time for charities, volunteers and people in our communities to connect, learn and have a good time.

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Information services (continued)

We attend events across the district to make new connections and to increase awareness of the information, support, learning and opportunities available. This year these included Sights and Sounds of Ripon, Bilton and Woodfield Community Day, Harrogate Allotment Show, Starbeck Information Day, Ashville College and Harrogate Grammar School Careers Fairs, Menwith Hill Health and Wellbeing Fair, North Yorkshire Connected Spaces Forum, Harrogate Christmas Fayre and the Harrogate Kindness Festival.

Local community action

Our fully searchable online Volunteering Directory helps people find roles according to their interests, skills, needs and availability. Local volunteering opportunities, and the benefits of volunteering, are promoted through local and social media, promotional postcards, booklets of ideas and opportunities (including for under 18’s) and partnerships with local organisations. We also work behind the scenes to make sure potential volunteers have the best possible experience. We provide assistance online, by phone and in person for people who need a little extra help to use our Directories to find support, activities or a suitable volunteering role and, for people recruiting volunteers, listing opportunities for the first time.

There were around 150 local volunteering opportunities listed in our directory at any one time, and over the year we helped organisations to recruit volunteers for 297 different roles.

The regular Harrogate District Volunteering Network newsletter continued to keep over 750 local volunteer organisers up to date with resources to recruit and manage volunteers effectively.

Key strands of our work are to bring people together to share best practice and opportunities, to work together to improve local services and community connections, and to give voluntary sector organisations voice and influence with decision makers. We organised and supported 8 forum and network meetings, attended by 143 people. In October, the HADCA AGM brought together 71 people at a local community venue to share opportunities to work together with our volunteering projects, and with our local partners Macmillan Support to connect people living with and beyond cancer to support and activities for their physical and emotional recovery.

Regular targeted e-mail updates were compiled and circulated to keep members of the following groups up to date on relevant current events and issues:

As well as our forums and networks, we are involved in a variety of partnerships where we seek to share learning and issues gleaned from our wide range of connections. We continued to be active members of the following partnerships:

We actively seek opportunities to develop services and activities to support local community action and volunteering. Our three volunteering projects, working with partner organisations across the district, developed during the year to inspire local people to explore new opportunities to help out, keep active and get involved in their community:

1. Volunteering City of Ripon Project - The Power of 10

Over the last 12 months we have successfully grown and developed the Power of 10 volunteer rewards scheme (PO10) for young people within the community, attending and presenting at many events including Connecting Ripon, The Skell Valley Partnership meetings, The Uredale Community Partnership, Ripon’s Youth Volunteering Network and North Yorkshires’ Youth Assembly.

We worked with The Yorkshire Rivers Trust, The National Trust, Lower Ure Conservation Trust, Ripon Walled Garden and Ohana, supporting them to develop their volunteering offer to young people, to provide safe & meaningful opportunities.

In January 2025, the Skell Valley Project funded a Young Peoples Workshop bringing together 12 local organisations to create a plan to secure partnership working to provide and promote opportunities in Ripon & surrounding areas for young people. The outcomes of this workshop highlighted 2 focus areas:

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1. Volunteering City of Ripon Project - The Power of 10 (continued)

These two areas have been taken forward by the Uredale Partnership working group “Youth & Community Cohesion” chaired by Jo Thackwray.

In October 2024 we played a key organisational role in Ripon’s Volunteer awards, St Wilfrid’s Stars. 2 of our P010 Ambassadors won ‘young volunteer of the year’ award and Jo Thackwray won Supporter of Youth award. Both PO10 Ambassadors also presented powerful speeches at HADCA’s AGM on their volunteering experience and the positive impact on their lives. We have developed the PO10 awards further in consultation with our PO10 Ambassadors, and participants can now achieve from 10 – 500 hours. Since January 2024 to date, approx.184 young people have received their Power of 10 awards ranging from 10 – 400 hours.

In April 2025, in collaboration with YMCA Ripon, Ripon’s very first Youth Council meeting was held in Ripon Town Hall. Since the first meeting, two of our PO10 Ambassadors have been voted Chair & Vice chair of the council, with full support from Ripon City’s Council.

2. Community Fit (Harrogate)

Our Community Fit partnership was initially launched as a pilot project in partnership with North Yorkshire Sport (NYS) with funding from the NHS and Harrogate Borough Council and with support from Community First Yorkshire. The project has created a community of local people who meet to be social and active while giving time to Harrogate’s people and spaces. Via weekly group sessions, people run or walk together from Community House to a community group or charity where they help out for an hour, before heading back to base. Helping out is anything from sorting donations to moving furniture, painting, planting or litter picking.

In 2024-25 Community Fit members were also engaged to help members of the public with non-skilled tasks around the home and garden to support their continued independence.

Now solely managed by HADCA, Community Fit was funded in 2024 by two grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Sport England. In January 2025 we secured a grant from Awards for All which has part funded the project through this calendar year. Community fundraising, including a Quiz Night, is helping to plug the funding gap.

In 2024-25, 42 volunteers (‘FitStars’) collectively ran 1,614 miles to give 699 hours of help to 25 different partner organisations on 55 separate occasions. This provided much needed additional resources to those groups as well as improving the health and wellbeing of our FitStars.

3. Help Out Harrogate

This project recognises that the local voluntary sector can be more efficient and impactful when we pool resources and work together. This is at the heart of HADCA’s mission and vision.

Launched in autumn 2023, the project was inspired by the surge in local community volunteering during the COVID 19 pandemic when over 350 people came forward to support those shielding with shopping and medication deliveries and 150 volunteered as marshals at the Harrogate and Ripon vaccination centres.

As life returned to normal, HADCA recognised that this fantastic cohort of volunteers could be lost unless we created new ways to engage in a flexible way and broke down barriers to participation. We also recognised that many local charities continue to be challenged by volunteer recruitment and retention.

Signing up to be part of the Help Out crew offers local people the chance to volunteer at a variety of one-off events or for ad hoc activities with different charities without the need to make any regular commitment. Members receive a fortnightly newsletter packed with opportunities available in the local area.

From April 2024 to March 2025 160 volunteers provided 757 hours of support for 72 different events and activities. They supported 27 different charities and community groups. We continued to support the NHS flu vaccination programme in the autumn by providing marshalls for six sessions at Mowbray Square Medical Centre.

Harrogate Community House

The reception team support HADCA staff, tenants and visitors with a wide range of services.

A wide variety of organisations continue to use our meeting rooms for training, workshops, meetings, interviews and one to one sessions. Meeting rooms are fully accessible and the benefit of a polycom system for hybrid meetings means people can also easily join from home or elsewhere.

Office occupancy remains high and meeting room usage has continued to increase. Electric Vehicle charging points have been installed.

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Community Fundraising

The value of THE LOCAL FUND endowment (held by Two Ridings Community Foundation) has continued to grow in size, with another application round held this year. 19 local community organisations received grants totalling £42,331. Since the launch in 2018, 146 grants have been made, with over £370,000 awarded to local grassroots organisations and projects. The Fund partners continue to meet regularly and organised the annual celebration event at the West Park Hotel in November 2024, attended by over 50 stakeholders, donors, grant recipients and Friends of the Local FUND, together with the Charter Mayor of Harrogate and local media.

We have continued to promote THE LOCAL LOTTO for the Harrogate District, both to good causes and players. There are now 121 good causes signed up. At least 10p from every ticket sale is donated to THE LOCAL FUND, supporting good causes across the District. In December we supported THE LOCAL LOTTO charity hut at the Harrogate Christmas Fayre, opening every morning, making sure charities were set up OK, taking photos and promoting the 24 community organisations on the hut rota, and their charity fundraising activities, each day, across 3 social media platforms.

Services for people in the community

The Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP)

HELP provides a range of preventative services aimed at enabling people to maintain their independence in their own homes, in part funded by North Yorkshire Council in 2024/25. Additional income is also generated via trusts, community, and corporate fundraising, as well as donations made by clients or their families.

Help at Home

This long established and vital service is provided by one part time handyman, accompanied by volunteers. We provide practical support to help people live safe, well and independently in their own homes. In 2024-25 we carried out 218 practical jobs for local people, providing 1,524 hours of support. 74% of clients are over 50, with 20% over 85. 1 in 5 of these jobs have supported people in the Bilton & Woodfield Ward which has neighbourhoods ranked as the most economic and health deprived on the Index of Multiple Deprivation. Nearly half of these jobs (43%) prevented a fall.

Ripon & Rural Befriending Service

Our Ripon befrienders continue to provide regular visits to 47 isolated older people, offering a friendly face and a listening ear. Our weekly Friendship & Exercise Club continues to provide a vital service, offering gentle seated exercise for all abilities and much appreciated social contact for 17 members. We also provide transport for 5 people to attend weekly, helping to break down the barriers to participation. The Club also serves as a valuable route to identify people in need of additional signposting or support.

Here to HELP Information Services

HADCA continues to be a focal point of contact for individual and professional signposting. People who are not digitally engaged risk missing out on important information, so we visit existing groups to offer one to one information and signposting. As well as the large number of incoming phone calls we received emails, enquiries via social media and in-person queries at Community House. We sent out regular mailings with details about where to turn for information about fuel poverty, emergency food options, the dangers of carbon monoxide and how to sign up for the Priority Services Register to get additional support from utilities providers in case of disruption to supply.

We kept a growing list of Warm Spaces up to date via our Where to Turn directory and liaised with community groups to offer our information and signposting services as needed. We shared information about cost-of-living support with local schools each term and responded to enquiries relating to the specific needs of families within those school communities.

Social Activities

Thanks to support from Ashville College and Resurrected Bites, we hosted free or low-cost Afternoon Teas to enable people to reconnect.

Fundraising

With the support of the full staff team, our Development Manager secured just over £64,000 from various Trusts and Foundations in support of our core and project services and some capital costs relating to Community House. Community fundraising secured a further £25,000 including donations from organisations and individuals plus support from local businesses.

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Principal funding sources

We are extremely grateful to all the trusts, community groups, organisations and individuals who provided us with the funds necessary to carry out our work in 2024/25:

Abacus Smarter Accountants, Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust, Christ Church Junior Church, Clothworkers Foundation, Councillor Chris Aldred, Councillor Philip Broadbank, Councillor Barbara Brodigan, Councillor Sam Gibbs, Councillor Peter Lacey, Councillor Andrew Williams, Dacre URC, George A Moore Foundation, Grace Trust, Harrogate Chamber of Commerce, Kirkby Malzeard Combined Charitable Trust, Nanci Downey, National Lottery, National Trust, North Yorkshire Council, Paul Ivison, Ripon Cathedral, Ripon Pantomime Group, Harrogate Round Table, Raworths, Saints Plant Stall, Rotary Club of Harrogate, Sovereign Health Care Community Programme, St Paul’s URC, Sylvia & Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust, The Hobson Charity, The Shears Foundation, TK Maxx & Homesense Foundation, Unit4, White Rose Squares, Woodlands Methodist Church, Woodroffe Benton Foundation, Yorkshire Building Society, Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation.

In addition to these funds, HADCA receives income for its various services, from donations from individuals, as well as rental income from tenants.

We also received support in kind from several organisations including Ashville College, Cornish Bakery, Crowne Plaza Harrogate and Ripon Cathedral.

Financial Review

HADCA finished the year with an overall deficit of £21,189 (surplus of £42,879 in 2023/24). This was made up of a surplus of £12,251 within unrestricted funds and a deficit of £33,440 within restricted funds due to planned spending of money received in advance of the year.

Total income was £303,750 (£463,186 in 2024)

Our expenditure in the period was £324,939 (£420,307 in 2024).

The trustees were pleased with the overall results.

Reserves policy

The trustees have agreed that it is necessary to hold free reserves to cover the following contingencies:

The trustees consider that a reserve equivalent to three months’ running costs is sufficient. Currently £100,000 is adequate to cover these contingencies. The actual free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £181,239 and we are running a deficit budget to apply these funds to charitable activity.

Risk management

HADCA maintains a risk register and the board of trustees and sub committees ensure that all major risks to which the charity is exposed are reviewed on a regular basis and that the systems and procedures are in place to manage these risks. Health and safety, data security and safeguarding are agenda items at every board meeting.

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Future Plans

General overview

The charity continues to have the following objectives:

The creation of a single unitary local authority for North Yorkshire in April 2023 has had a significant impact on all our key funding streams and services during 2024/25, as follows:

Given our depth of local knowledge, connections and profile and our track record of partnership working, we very much see HADCA, HELP and Harrogate Community House as key stakeholders within the area, providing linkage into the wider networks and systems across the public and voluntary sectors. We will seek funding from a range of sources to continue to deliver services across our area of benefit (the former Harrogate District), wherever there is an unmet need that we are best placed to serve. We will continue to collaborate with a wide range of local partners and to connect those who can help each other, recognising that there are health inequalities in our area that can only be tackled by joint working.

There will be a continued focus on fundraising, which remains challenging, as members of the public and businesses all face rising costs. Trusts and foundations are receiving an increasing number of applications, and we will have to find creative solutions to the challenge of raising additional income. This is also the case for all local voluntary and community sector organisations, and we will continue to champion The LOCAL FUND as a source of support for grass roots groups and good causes.

Helping people stay safe and well at home supported by volunteers

Our aim is always to focus on unmet need, rather than duplicate what other organisations are already doing.

Local authority funding for our Help at Home project came to an end in March 2025 and we have now introduced a charge of £25 per hour for our handyman to carry out practical tasks for clients. We are working towards attracting £7,500 from trusts and community fundraising to ensure we can continue to support those who can’t afford these charges. We hope to provide 300 hours of support to up to 80 clients with this funding.

Finally, connecting people to support each other or providing information that they need will always be a key aim for us. We have grown partnerships with several local VCS organisations, schools and community groups in order to reach more people and we will continue to do so, especially given the challenging financial situation facing so many people we are already in contact with, and potentially many more members of the wider public.

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Local voluntary and community sector information services

We will be continuing to focus on making the best use of technology to share information to support and promote our local voluntary and community groups. The “Where to Turn” and Volunteering Directories remain at the heart of this work, and we will ensure that both are up to date, accurate and widely promoted so that they are the first port of call for people looking for support or to get involved in their local community. We will continue to provide our regular e-bulletins and newsletters and ensure all our services are GDPR compliant. We will continue to use a range of social media and traditional platforms to raise awareness of the value and contribution of our sector and the opportunities to become involved.

Support for local community and social action

We will support local voluntary action via our programme of events and networks and will continue to host forums, enabling VCS representatives to meet, share issues and influence decision makers. We are pleased to have received a small annual grant from Ripon City Council each year to March 2027, which supports our Connecting Ripon Network work.

Additional opportunities for the sector may come via the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, who have embedded liaison with the voluntary and community sector from their inception. We linked our Chief Officers and Chairs group with the local VCSE Steering Group, chaired by Community First Yorkshire. We are now part of the LCP and Health Inequalities Sub group.

We will keep championing volunteering across the district, sharing information on opportunities and promoting good practice in volunteer management. This includes seeking further funding to continue to deliver our three successful volunteering projects: The Power of 10, Community Fit and Help Out Harrogate.

We will ensure that Harrogate Community House is maintained and developed as a supportive and welcoming location for voluntary and community groups to work and meet. We will explore the installation of solar panels as a potential next step in ensuring the sustainability of the building.

We will collaborate with the wider voluntary and community sector at a county wide, regional and national level wherever we can see an actual or potential benefit back to our area.

We will continue to promote and develop THE LOCAL FUND and THE LOCAL LOTTO for the Harrogate District. This includes bringing in new donations to the fund, assisting with the promotion of grant aid opportunities to beneficiaries and ongoing growth of the LOTTO. In addition, we will support good grant giving in other arenas, such as acting in an advisory capacity to the Brigantes Rotary capital grant programme, The Starbeck Fund panel and the panel for Knabs Ridge Wind Farm Community Fund.

The uncertainty over two significant funding streams had an important impact on our charity in 2024/25. We will continue to review our strategy and update the aims and objectives of the organisation to ensure HADCA remains best placed to respond to changing needs of our area, whilst adapting to our own changing finances. Our board of trustees, staff and volunteer teams remain our greatest asset, and we will continue to invest in them to achieve the best outcomes for our community.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Governing document

Harrogate and Area CVS was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee at Companies House (number 7760477) on 2 September 2011. Registration with the Charity Commission (number 1144758) took place on 23 November 2011. The memorandum and articles were amended by special resolutions at Companies House on 26 March 2012 and 13 October 2022.

The charity is a membership organisation and as of 31 March 2025 the organisation had 225 members. Our memorandum and articles of association requires that members make up 60% of the board of trustees.

Recruitment, appointment and induction of trustees

Appointment of trustees is governed by the memorandum and articles of association. The board of trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing trustee.

One third of the trustees must retire at the Annual General Meeting. However, if eligible, they may offer themselves for re-election, serving a maximum period of up to 6 years (two three-year terms).

Organisational structure

The board of trustees of the charity holds a minimum of four board meetings per year, plus two board development sessions. In addition, there are sub-committees for finance and property:

Finance: Property: Victoria Oldham (Chair from February 2024) Sam Gibbs Phyl Hughes Helen Bourner Alistair Ratcliffe

Operational management is delegated to the Chief Executive, who is supported by a team of staff and volunteers in three areas of work; community action services, services to individuals and business support. In 2024/25 the management team was made up of the Chief Executive, the Development Manager and the Finance Officer. The Finance Officer is responsible for the day to day financial management of the charity.

The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

Helen Claire Bourner - Chair Trustee Date: 16 September 2025

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors of Harrogate & Area Council for Voluntary Service Ltd for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Harrogate & Area Council for Voluntary Service Ltd (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Frances Howard FCA

Fortus Limited Business Advisors and Accountants

Equinox House Clifton Park Shipton Road YO30 5PA York

Dated: 24 September 2025

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
Notes
£
£
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
2
5,218
47,968
Charitable activities
3
148,141
95,147
Investments
4
6,576
-
Other income
5
-
700
Total income
159,935
143,815
Expenditure
Raising funds
6
-
1,052
Charitable activities
7
147,684
176,203
Total expenditure
147,684
177,255
Net income/(expenditure) for
the year/
Net movement in funds
12,251
(33,440)
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
195,557
612,564
Fund balances at 31 March
2025
207,808
579,124		 Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
53,186
36,469
67,386
243,288
157,342
196,686
6,576
5,303
-
700
-
-
303,750
199,114
264,072
1,052
-
1,389
323,887
183,146
235,772
324,939
183,146
237,161
(21,189)
15,968
26,911
808,121
179,589
585,653
786,932
195,557
612,564		 Total
2024
£
103,855
354,028
5,303
-
463,186
1,389
418,918
420,307
42,879
765,242
808,121

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 12 514,372 525,992
Current assets
Debtors 13 10,834 24,816
Cash at bank and in hand 288,443 281,899
299,277 306,715
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 (26,717) (24,586)
Net current assets 272,560 282,129
Total assets less current liabilities 786,932 808,121
Income funds
Restricted funds 16 579,124 612,564
Unrestricted funds 207,808 195,557
786,932 808,121

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 16 September 2025

Helen Claire Bourner - Chair Trustee

Company registration number 7760477

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
20
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Proceeds from disposal of tangible fixed assets
Investment income received
Net cash generated from/(used in) investing
activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		 2025
£
(6,425)
700
6,576		 £
5,693
851
-
6,544
281,899
288,443		 2024
£
(17,062)
-
5,303		 £
42,243
(11,759)
-
30,484
251,415
281,899

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

Harrogate & Area Council for Voluntary Service Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Community House, 46-50 East Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5RR.

1.1 Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.4 Income

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

1.5 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis when a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is included as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Raising funds are those costs incurred in attracting donations and legacies and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both the direct costs and support costs relating to such activities.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include its audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.6 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Fixed assets are stated at cost or valuation less accumulated depreciation. Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost.

Tangible fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Buildings 2% Computers and office equipment 33% Vehicles 25%

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.

1.8 Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price.

Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as noncurrent liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.9 Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

1.10 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits. The amounts included within termination payments are paid to the employee in line with the company redundancy policy.

Pensions

The charity contributes to defined contribution pension schemes in respect of its employees. The assets of these schemes are entirely separate to those of the charity. The pension cost shown represents contributions payable by the charity in respect of the employees.

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.11 Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged as an expense on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

2 Donations and legacies

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
£
£
Donations
4,042
44,328
Legacies
-
3,640
Gift aid
1,176
-
5,218
47,968		 Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
48,370
35,230
20,275
3,640
-
47,111
1,176
1,239
-
53,186
36,469
67,386		 Total
2024
£
55,505
47,111
1,239
103,855

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3 Charitable activities

Community Forums and Service Total
action events delivery 2025
2025 2025 2025
£ £ £ £
Grants 57,446 - 85,448 142,894
Fees and charges 98,495 - 1,899 100,394
155,941 - 87,347 243,288
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds 148,141 - - 148,141
Restricted funds 7,800 - 87,347 95,147
155,941 - 87,347 243,288
Community Forums and Service Total
action events delivery 2024
2024 2024 2024
£ £ £ £
Grants 66,800 - 189,587 256,387
Fees and charges 90,542 - 7,099 97,641
157,342 - 196,686 354,028
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds 157,342 - - 157,342
Restricted funds - - 196,686 196,686
157,342 - 196,686 354,028
4 Investments
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Interest receivable 6,576 5,303

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5 Other income
Restricted Total
funds
2025 2024
£ £
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets 700 -
6 Raising funds
Restricted Restricted
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Direct fundraising costs 1,052 1,389
1,052 1,389

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

7 Charitable activities

Community
action
2025
£
Direct staff costs
42,950
Project costs
3,504
46,454
Share of support costs (see note 8)
107,500
Share of governance costs (see note 8)
3,996
157,950
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
137,593
Restricted funds
20,357
157,950
Community
action
2024
£
Direct staff costs
55,266
Project costs
1,891
57,157
Share of support costs (see note 8)
134,740
Share of governance costs (see note 8)
4,278
196,175
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
183,146
Restricted funds
13,029
196,175		 Service
delivery
2025
£
105,301
13,654
118,955
46,134
848
165,937
10,091
155,846
165,937
Service
delivery
2024
£
194,658
20,490
215,148
6,058
1,537
222,743
-
222,743
222,743		 Total
2025
£
148,251
17,158
165,409
153,634
4,844
323,887
147,684
176,203
323,887
Total
2024
£
249,924
22,381
272,305
140,798
5,815
418,918
183,146
235,772
418,918

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

8 Support costs

Support costs
Governance
costs
£
£
Depreciation
18,045
-
Support staff costs
60,128
-
Communications and IT
10,140
-
Financial costs
1,363
-
Printing and postage
4,319
-
Premises
59,639
-
Governance costs
-
4,844
153,634
4,844
Analysed between
Charitable activities
153,634
4,844		 2025 Support costs
Governance
costs
£
£
£
18,045
15,319
-
60,128
43,572
-
10,140
14,173
-
1,363
285
-
4,319
5,155
-
59,639
62,294
-
4,844
-
5,815
158,478
140,798
5,815
158,478
140,798
5,815		 2024
£
15,319
43,572
14,173
285
5,155
62,294
5,815
146,613
146,613

Governance costs includes payments to accountants of £2,958 (2024: £2,700) for independent examiners fees.

9 Net movement in funds 2025 2024
£ £
Net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting)
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets 18,045 15,319
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets (700) -
Independent examiner's fees 2,958 2,700

10 Trustees

No trustees received any remuneration or had their expenses paid by the charity in either year.

11 Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

Total
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Termination payments		 2025
Number
14
183,520
11,122
13,734
-
208,376		 2024
Number
20
256,518
9,079
21,471
6,428
293,496

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 per annum (2024: £nil)

The total paid to key management personnel (as listed on page 1) during the year was £35,278 (2024: £56,251).

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

11 Employees

(Continued)

The average number of employees is calculated on the basis of full time equivalents with regard to a 37 hour working week was 6.4 (2024: 9.4).

12
Tangible fixed assets
Buildings
Computers
and office
equipment
Vehicles
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024
550,000
49,731
29,602
Additions
-
6,425
-
Disposals
-
-
(14,632)
At 31 March 2025
550,000
56,156
14,970
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
66,000
7,739
29,602
Depreciation charged in the year
11,000
7,045
-
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
-
(14,632)
At 31 March 2025
77,000
14,784
14,970
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
473,000
41,372
-
At 31 March 2024
484,000
41,992
-		 Total
£
629,333
6,425
(14,632)
621,126
103,341
18,045
(14,632)
106,754
514,372
525,992

Community House was received from winding up Harrogate Community House Trust Ltd on 28 September 2018. The asset was valued at £550,000 by Feather Smailes Scales at the time of transfer.

13 Debtors

Amounts falling due within one year:
Debtors (accounts receivable)
Accrued income
Taxation and social security
Prepayments		 2025
£
6,179
3,176
-
1,479
10,834		 2024
£
4,166
19,182
1,075
393
24,816

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Notes
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred grant income
15
15
Deferred income
Opening balance
Amount released to income in the year
Amounts deferred in the year		 2025
£
2,634
1,485
7,598
15,000
26,717
2025
£
15,000
(15,000)
15,000
15,000		 2024
£
1,249
2,561
5,776
15,000
24,586
2024
£
26,245
(26,245)
15,000
15,000

Deferred income comprises grants received in advance of the funding period.

16 Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

Balance at
1 April 2024
£
Community action
Community House Capital Reserve
502,257
Community House Cash Funds
46,652
Community Fit
28,161
Service delivery
HELP - Harrogate Easier Living Project
17,943
Help at Home
-
Help Out Harrogate
4,250
Volunteering City of Ripon Project
13,301
Friendship Club
-
612,564		 Movement in funds
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2025
£
£
£
£
-
(13,029)
-
489,228
7,800
(7,330)
-
47,122
23,456
(34,386)
-
17,231
48,180
(55,514)
-
10,609
46,561
(40,325)
-
6,236
10,600
(6,909)
-
7,941
5,298
(18,577)
-
22
1,920
(1,185)
-
735
143,815
(177,255)
-
579,124		 Movement in funds
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2025
£
£
£
£
-
(13,029)
-
489,228
7,800
(7,330)
-
47,122
23,456
(34,386)
-
17,231
48,180
(55,514)
-
10,609
46,561
(40,325)
-
6,236
10,600
(6,909)
-
7,941
5,298
(18,577)
-
22
1,920
(1,185)
-
735
143,815
(177,255)
-
579,124
579,124

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

16 Restricted funds

(Continued)

Balance at
1 April 2023
£
Community action
Community House Capital Reserve
506,069
Community House Cash Funds
55,869
Community Fit
7,278
Service delivery
HELP - Harrogate Easier Living Project
11,062
Help at Home
5,000
Help Out Harrogate
-
Transport
5
Volunteering City of Ripon Project
370
585,653		 Movement in funds
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2024
£
£
£
£
-
(13,029)
9,217
502,257
-
-
(9,217)
46,652
39,753
(18,870)
-
28,161
87,232
(80,351)
-
17,943
47,405
(52,405)
-
-
8,500
(4,250)
-
4,250
49,141
(49,146)
-
-
32,041
(19,110)
-
13,301
264,072
(237,161)
-
612,564		 Movement in funds
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2024
£
£
£
£
-
(13,029)
9,217
502,257
-
-
(9,217)
46,652
39,753
(18,870)
-
28,161
87,232
(80,351)
-
17,943
47,405
(52,405)
-
-
8,500
(4,250)
-
4,250
49,141
(49,146)
-
-
32,041
(19,110)
-
13,301
264,072
(237,161)
-
612,564
612,564

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

16 Restricted funds

(Continued)

Restricted funds represent monies to be used for the following specific purposes:

Community House Capital Reserve

This is the value of the property as at April 2019 when it was acquired and any capital improvements that have since been made. The transfer from the Community House Cash Funds this year was in relation to the LED lighting which was capitalised in the year.

Community House Cash Funds

These funds were transferred over from Harrogate Community House Trust Ltd on completion of the transfer and will be used to maintain and develop the building.

Harrogate District Community Fit Project

HADCA is a delivery partner in the 18 month Community Fit Project in partnership with North Yorkshire Sport, funded by the NHS via Community First Yorkshire. We are hosting the Task Co-ordinator post, based with our HELP team. The aim of the project is to create a community of local people who meet to be social and active while giving time to Harrogate’s people and spaces. Regular group sessions will involve people who will run, walk or cycle together from one of our bases to a community group or charity to complete a variety of tasks.

Harrogate Easier Living Project

Supported by funding from NYCC and HBC to provide help with practical tasks for those who have nobody else to support them. It incorporates the following services each with their own separate restricted funding:

Help at Home

This is a scheme to provide a gardening, decorating and DIY service to older and disabled people.

Help Out Harrogate

This is a scheme to help inject ad hoc volunteer support into a wide range of local charities.

Volunteering City of Ripon Project

HADCA is a delivery partner in the 5-year Skell Valley Project hosted by the National Trust and Nidderdale AONB and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. HADCA are leading on the Volunteering City of Ripon work stream with the Project Co-ordinator based with HADCA for 18 months. The aim of the project is to make Ripon a volunteering centre of excellence by making it easier for new groups of people to get involved in giving time and to support volunteer managers, by sharing resources and training.

Friendship Club

This funding is for our weekly Friendship Club to pay for our sessional leader, to fund the venue hire costs, refreshments and a contribution towards the Service Coordinator’s time to organise the activity.

Transport (2024 only)

Supported by funding from NYCC to provide the following services:

Ripon Voluntary Car Driver Service operates in the Ripon area and is available principally to those who are elderly or disabled and are unable to access public transport.

Driving Force operates in the Harrogate/Knaresborough area and is available principally to those who are elderly or disabled and are unable to access public transport.

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

17 Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2025
2025
£
£
Fund balances at 31 March 2025 are represented by:
Tangible assets
25,144
489,228
Current assets/(liabilities)
182,664
89,896
207,808
579,124
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2024
2024
£
£
Fund balances at 31 March 2024 are represented by:
Tangible assets
23,735
502,257
Current assets/(liabilities)
171,822
110,307
195,557
612,564		 Total
2025
£
514,372
272,560
786,932
Total
2024
£
525,992
282,129
808,121

18 Operating lease commitments

At the reporting end date the charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

Within one year
Between two and five years		 2025
£
950
475
1,425		 2024
£
950
1,425
2,375

19 Related party transactions

No trustees (2024: nil) were reimbursed for expenses during the year (2024: £nil).

There were no payments of travel and subsistence expenses to trustees during the year (2024: £nil).

None of the trustees nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration during the year.

There were no further related party transactions during the year (2024: none)

HARROGATE & AREA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

20
Cash generated from operations
2025
£
(Deficit)/surpus for the year
(21,189)
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in statement of financial activities
(6,576)
Gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(700)
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
18,045
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
13,982
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
2,131
Cash generated from operations
5,693		 2024
£
42,879
(5,303)
-
15,319
(9,831)
(821)
42,243