Charity regvstration ￿￿￿tser 01148n9 IEngL7nd arKI Wales) Comparby reswstration number 07526344 ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustaos J Webb D(￿Y Sxue M Stead Jwwn K FQrie Charity number (England and 01148729 Company number Reglstered office 32a Wesl SItFet Essex SS41 Indoponderf Oxamln L Kwth FCA 457 S￿JttN*urth Road Essex SS1 2PH ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED CONTENTS Pa98 DiiECtot5' Tru51eE5' reFxKI Inde￿dent exawinprfs rewt ststemenlaffffi8rKial artMiEs Nota$ lo th8 fnarKi8lsial8ft￿tÉ ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Th8 T￿Stee8 wesent their annual reFKXt atNlfinarnial Slat￿Ents￿Ythe Yea[e￿ed 31 Marth 2025. firhonuel slolem¢nts hevc b¢en prepared in •wounbry zet wt M notc 1 to ihe finynciol sialemenLs and comkly with Ihe charity's (kxbnwl. &Y￿p￿Tre$A￿ 2QM)6 and"Aco)urling and R4)Lvlin9 by Charities." Statement of ReCorrffi￿ed Practre to charthe5 wep3mg lh￿r aco)unts n accordanTr with the Financial Standard appltatle w) UK RwtAic of treL*d IFRS 1021" lasamended t>ractountiw r*ri(xls commencwig from 1 Janu8ry 2019) Objectrwes and a¢ti¥th"es pnndp4 a¢tivty 0ftr￿ a88 r89sier8d crority to r8v&&aThJ 8Pt4yfvnds to arbfor ih? PL1)1￿ benefit. t*wrilies obiectNe5 a5 sel ￿lI￿the Mprnor3Th4um and A5￿G￿lI￿ is the rrcrfnotK)n ol arts forthe publ benofrt. in particular, but rth •xclu￿v￿y, thrwh s)erformances *tsas a mvans of furtlÈriTrJ é4uah.ty and diversity. and to protnote. maintain advan￿1he educalon olthe t¥Jbkc by the erKxyJragefflenl •tabon ofthe with part￿￿r rettrence io ans and culure from Overse thknnYJn￿t$. Twstees are *v8re ofthe* duty undtr S IT of ihe Chaiifyes Aci 201110 ha￿ dua wrd lo Pubh"¢ Bw8lt tsU￿ar￿ puNished by ihe Charity C￿MMi￿￿Tr. As such. IheTrusiecs enswe that the adi￿￿e5 efthe chwty we torttrt ￿b￿C benefit. AGhievefflents and pErforrnarKe Essex Cullwal Dive￿￿/ Pr(4ect energtses in arts East 0fErVJ￿d. miwon is to create oppOrtu￿tI@8. &tirnLlat8 parli(ipation aThl womde a foca Far th&d8V8k￿nt and Ca￿brat￿n of(1￿rSty ltryough arts and htyrtage aclmty. Esse% CullLYal DwerE4ty Prcieu is w Ans Ceuwl EngW Nakni81 POrt[(A￿ Org>y"sabon. rwork across Essex is wing s￿￿th to strwth. Ihanks lothe conknirvJ support fn)m Essex County CourKiI ther partner5 in the c(xJnty. We are f(W9￿ yxxl worknrvJ [daD￿Sh￿>S *ith (xxmcl& funders and partnership board5, working toward8 sh8red 9oaL% of (omrnntyAE1lb￿ffj. fighbng ine9￿ty. d￿mP￿niNj tt)e ￿¥M)Ment. 8nd conlrbuling ￿ b¢al 8¢¢r￿les. (kne ofthe yparfs hvjhlyhts was Gknbal Vil* RaY￿Wjh. hJtKled byR(Khford DtstrKI C(x1￿1 the wvÈmmerts UK Shared Prospenty Fund. The eventWdS an (¥yKtutMty for us to be ambthts 2nd ty somellmng npw. lo nuthre pride in pLxe Énd u Jift IDral bwnes5es, while cdebiot.ng [wtt¥￿Mur￿l £￿￿￿￿rtIeS h3wrvJ a daTKe In the sunshi￿1 There has tEen sliong focus on arts and hea'm year. fram fitwth Ehawd Aerobrs. to using traditsonal cuthral crafts lo suptx)rt menta healh. We are pass￿ate atxxjrheamh beneffts ofthearts. al￿ ￿E'Ve been bLW laY￿g solid foU￿ationsfO[ a speaal Creative Healh W(4rarrKr￿ next year. Stion9 en￿￿￿Me￿a the￿e$ Jsorun thitsj￿ Ihs ye¥rf5 wcVJr￿￿.' anisis *ty*ed the Natitsnal Trusl to expbre que ecoferyNnisrn Haffidd Forest.. IKOaJ￿ access lo￿tUre in Eppmg Forest Ilywgh communrty ¥valksaThJ a I￿￿ podca51," arKther creatpie a)mtt¥5sion *ikJrfe h3brtats li Ihe gwtKlsotEssex txJThlrEd5 ofchildren to We ve eknended our ￿8¢￿ 8cfoLffL Norfrjk SuffcAk Ihis ye3r. in rlace str8ieg¢ paflnershi)s and $4)rNxwng ueati¥e projects in the area. hicl￿dIng anolher Fesliv¥l of & Puryabwhth c*tvtes ryoss ¢uWral link5 in the area. Thè rÈcÈnt uplift irt fundin9 ag part trfour NatK)fTral P￿￿010 (kyanigthon proyrammè. fur￿ by Countsl EngL4nd. hag civen us the Upp￿tunIti to explorE Op[rf)rfunit￿ and v*ke mmBCliDr￿Wth tf Invesimeni Inio thè Parkner5hF is at the heatof Essex Cullural D￿er￿ty Proj￿￿.5 w(xK W￿ Yalup strotwJalliarKe5 (xA13b(rdtivewotkiny to wll*cbvdy ¢el6brale gnergise dry8t&ty in Essex arvj Hw8 *8 a few woducbve p8rtneTship8 WtNth onhan¢t cUrwo￿. $W￿5K1e LwfcLYe progr￿￿￿&. Essex CuttLYal DNeryty Prqect runs a wogranvre of net￿￿ry e*nts wolesgcrol support, Insi9hl and I￿￿1n9 to creat￿e p￿titiOnerS V￿rki￿ in d[Wer￿ty. in ￿￿￿1X>ra1x)n ¥%iih partr￿5 alxoss the Ea51of E[￿ar1d. We delwered six Sak)ns this year. attended by arourKI 100 arts 8rwJ hents9e w01￿￿Tha18. Essey CuhLTal Dr4eNty P￿leCtworks d05ety wih p3rtrwugard5aurrsto ¥bsls and dvelop their parlop8n140. socially 8ryJ•38LI wadK8s. C￿mm￿S￿$ capt(K8 sprdof gNo a vo¢e. ￿)n￿l cornfflunit￿S and ￿ wple tell th￿rI￿￿￿ slw In t￿r(y*ffl wonls. PFoJo¢ts Globaj Wrflage Pfe5ertS is a sene50f even15Y41th key patkners across the re9￿. lo whel audIen￿'S atvtiles forwortd music cordirtgs, Illn￿ arf wlmiThaiir*J ￿ an ¢y4inear¢nNe arQ Iwrin9 exttibrfi The Festsval of Thelforth & Puryab 2024 look Fla￿ in venues ￿x05S Thetf¢Yd in Tr&)rk￿k. with cumural ￿lebrati(￿S n5pired by the lrfp ty¢y oftlE D￿tep Sngh knity. the W Roya Famtyolthp P￿￿b￿￿) livtrd n neart)y ElvÈden. Working clogely ￿Jr partws ai ￿(￿j$* mL￿m ofThdfcrfd Lrfe. *& put ltyJ8*)8r a ￿r￿aY kYogramm& for all to enjoy. Highlghts IndLQ£d free culknral athviiies al Anuent H￿se ￿￿se￿rn.. fa￿natsn9 taks at Thetford knbrdry and Efveden Village Hal, a curry nvthl at Tthmas Paine Fk>ld". and Thetf(wd at theThelford C*aThmar sth(￿, with OLrtdwr perfr*marfqs. and to t*bi81èthè ènd ofi)B fèthal. Glob* Will8ge events ￿e rlace auoss Easi olEry￿nd. ¢eletrfatiNJ MLWQ swj. perf(rnwrtr d8rtt tty arbsts frc* thfforenl c(Ynws of1h8￿Obe. Events t(￿lher LI￿ rx)r#mwili85 *ithil a NiIN8nl fr4slwl setb"ng. Flnanclal rEvlew Essex Cuiiwal DweNty P￿Ie¢l celebr*ed its seventh yearas an kn CwrKil Endand NatiMa Pcrttdio 01gonisabon INPOI. prov￿Ing a fin￿¢￿71￿ secure base on whch Can dev4op re￿r¢e$. fvndrase fwther. and continue lo support dwerse crealwe piathlionets atKI communities thr(xJgh arnbrflo￿s pro￿anmes. In 2024r25 funding frorn AJt5 Counc4 Enyland vras 64% of irKornE of £349.460. that*5 k> to￿ uplift n NPofu￿l1￿j frDtr 2023 until 2026. We have also SUfGessfLI In r•s￿g WKJ)rne ihrw kK81 aulhNny ffti$. ShOWty lha1v￿ are terognised fcK IF signthcant rolewe ￿ play in supwrbng knca Comm￿ltses. fosterrg Pl￿e in I￿a￿. and upSfting local busine&s. fra51ructLhE and sk115. This indudes sL*S￿lIa1 u>ie suptKxt from Essex ￿nty ￿￿1." contthutions from NLYfolk Courty CounGiI. BreC￿ar￿ Councl and Thetford Cc¥JKyl fcw the Fest￿al of Thetfcyd & Pun￿. Chel([￿[0￿1 Cty Council throu* th8 Culture ¥nd Heallh ywi.. R(thfcrt th#rNX and Brenr*roY CwrKil Gk)balVlla9eacfvify. ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI ICONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 IXJrc*Jmmiss￿nI￿ pregranme ctwrti)uosttsaitraLtP8rb*tthip furK*rvJ frtrn ttx)sÈ wtshin9 to cfyhostprti8cis Ivest in Oufwork. w(th metch from NabOrt￿ TN*l 8fvJ rthjre fv*Sth)eni in poelmefor next year. Ths yearwe contsnutd our ￿tarCh wrmjnd oneofour ￿An assrfs. (Yob￿ Vila*e. tyjr s¢8Wc re#￿81 eveni which has iho wicnii8110 cener8te inwm8 10 8wre Its organisabon sswin8b*ty in ai irKr985mgly public fundY)g ¢imal&. The fun(*TrJ upl Arts Counal E[￿L￿n￿ is also us lo exi￿ ￿rge(￿raph￿l reach. suFyMutvJ arbsts ￿ comffluniknes in Suttolk and NO￿k, to idÈntrfy pK>tsntAI pthetsand h￿1￿) sowcÈs in thÈ a￿a. frmward ECDP Thaintained ils re8qrve5 2024-25 10 ewI5U￿ thal c¥ga￿Sation can CDvErthr8È mothhs ol operath)n81 msts rf ne￿$5￿ and h85 eonbngew t05w wci¥I further inw￿ent. 11 is the policy ol the knrity Ihal unrestricted knnd5 whti have not teen de5yraled for a uses￿￿1￿ be rnantained al 8 lovd oquiv4pnito thref and sx twth's expe￿￿re. TrustePstr￿￿￿that rs*tvtr8 atthis lovel will prtsure al, n the event of a 51gnffjcanl thop in fi1r￿￿g. Ilw wil be knle io ￿ntinue chty'51xJrrpnt actmties whi18 conside￿Il0n is gr*n in which *￿Il￿al fvnds may be ￿￿ell. Thts ￿¥￿ of reserves been m8int8inèd ihrough(ul th8 year. At the balar￿ sheet date the charity has reserves of£45.1241SJ2d. 147.3541. olwhwth ￿5.9T1{202a' £41,625) unr•$iri¢i•d. Th* iesetyes pdicy rtyur&s l￿reStr￿￿d restrryes of $TX •xpandilLXa and Ills r&f¥r8 toits fL¥ed operabng costs. Therefore tre Trustees(kem the reserves W ai sheet date io besuffi¢Ent. InvO&bll*rt policy T￿Slee$ have corvdered thewAicy forinvestment. SwAus reserves we he￿ in Charites Naiwest CU￿ent AG¢wnt for genera purpo￿. takin9 into thecharity entrdy depptwJEnl otl 9rdnl irHxxnp fU￿ra5 ng ￿ti¥ll￿S as its main source of Incorf* Risk Facto T￿ TrnsteÉs have a>*sséd thè ma￿11$k$t0 thothaiity i% èxkwl. a￿1 satisw that systtrms*é ￿ ¥Aace to milvJaie exposur8 to risks. Plans forlvture peiiodts Looking forward 202¥26 TIKS ECDP Te￿ is busy puitiry t(oelW an ￿th"r￿j wcgraThYn8 f￿202￿. p￿￿•r￿a1￿erg[eatyga[ offestNals, projects an¢ (XxMI￿S￿￿5. Wè are curremdy wtyking on the Fesiivtj otlhetford & PJniab 2025. wF%¢h wllceletraitr the div*s(tyof Ihe town Ihrough xsl. n8b"0rn918nd iniem81th81 Th6 ts ah¥ays *) 8npyatI&i¢Mnt￿venlurtr Y*ilh locs 8UL*enc8S. P8rJ*r8. supporiers funders. and a highlight in ca￿ndar We are a&D deveknwrg a strong tC￿u5 on Creatrve Healkn. hame5srvJ the wwer ol the arts to iryKove rnenta ph￿c￿ fftrEs5. wilh a Ix)5t ofactivities to SUFVJrt diyerse CDtnTnunil￿5 acro55 Essex. EnNageTnetrt the atKJ pa￿Apati￿ n nalwe is linkwj Strong￿ 10 heallh, so dÈvÈky"rKJ (Ajrth area. ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI ICONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 lkn horpzon 1$ a new (y)mmis&oTh. urth1inww OLY canbn￿1 supwt fth the Esstrx Lota Nattjrè Partnershy. We have tsome brilliant c5￿￿￿￿#￿10n$ comiw up. m¢*JthrB è ￿0jeC1 n pètrershp wih the N8kn81 Tntsi. tsrfftt at Lavenham c￿lkjhall 10 nurttjre ¢¢mn￿nrfY to ths hi*rYtsIy si9nrf¢8nt in &fflok. We've Icarned up y4ith start Ttrurrock on 8 crealKve project Ih•wII eXp￿e new Wa￿ YAlh Coahwse Fort ￿ E8St fil￿ry. And, conteny>rdry circus perkKmer Duca is deirysing a r*w wth th2 lor Wiiham's Street Entertainment Fe*Nal, in Wtham Ttr*m c￿￿11. Well be(0D￿Tr￿l￿g aurGI(thl VIlLwJe piogarntnp. IDgElher for a picn￿ alJay¥Mck Sands, staging an evÈnl at Ranharn H811'. Diw￿l in Dthldngh￿. Wel Jso ctyitmue lo proadivdy the festyval ar events sector lo betLer und&ststKJonwing tha1￿￿ Identify Ythere we (3n vh)rk in partn￿hIptO offer surport. Were kx)king IoTward lo tnore Salon5 arQ stat￿ U[ Thversty events, nurttJrifVJ Greabve arKI WDvidiry a plattotTn fDr Ih05e ChempK￿l)Y divetsrty In th&r k)calilies, hositJJ by frkyJJs p¥￿er$ •yoss Essex. SufrJk and Norf(￿k. There We ￿entY0[ pl8ns only ai home but ako abtuad. it￿LL1￿g the phase ofAfter t1￿ Ptrt1b￿-. A Sh*ed CullLTal Heritage in E5$ex, taking stories about Pa*tK)n tromlhe UK bad( to the PalibDn Museurn in Amrtsar. IrQi4, *On￿de Ihe V￿rk ofEssex based Sikh artist &man (￿Jral. Going f(￿W￿d. we ￿111 conbnue lo ￿rtd the PHrtnership5 we havewith autrorilEs. fLndens. and Olher arts heritage Qrgan￿#￿￿ to pJla swUwJhton the arriazin9 dwetsty ofthe Eastof ErvJland. create new rlaitc*m8 for 8rn5ts. wrwrt rnarginali%ed comffKJnrf*s Structursl, govemance and rnanag•ment The chanly IS wvemert by Ils MernI￿and￿M and Arbde50f [aIr￿ed 16 Juty2D121. Thè Trustees. who Ère aso thp diiect5eof ￿w. arxl serv8d durirpj lh8 yèar a￿1 up to the da of 5ignattJreol the slalernents were. J Webb DGUY Sxue M siÈ8d J Wenn L￿11 A5 oLrt￿.r￿ In the￿tiC￿ of As￿13110￿. the runberof Cirpct(wsITn￿ Ir￿jud￿g OffiC￿S shall ￿s5 than SLK. or tnLYe than ts¥elve rnembers. The trustees aredected bythe ThembEfshy. allhcugh Ihe board also has the power lo c¢Fopt tru5te&8durrw the ye&. C(hwtedlrustee5 In￿berSh￿ thp aextAGM. wh2re they are di9￿31e for redection. Thp Board DfTrusleesi5 re5p01Nb￿1Dr overdl strategy3Trd marwenl of the (Kyanisahon. Indi Sandhu 15 CTeative Diieclor. iMp￿t￿enbng Ihe deusKM5 ofthettustees. over￿[￿) Iheday to dayrUnnI￿ oflh8 charity aTrd tnakn9 appl￿tiOnS for grants. Trt trusteÈtA)8rd its n￿bership w#iuaty to erwre itis reyesentative otlhe wvKe users the otnmunity Y4hich we serve. The Board of T￿￿teeS comprt5es a of i￿1vKI￿aL￿ from a *ide range of backgrounds cluding ￿kn￿teerS, and i￿1¥￿U315 ￿th sklls 11 i5 itnwTrnlforlhe chaity to keep Ihi5 balaTr￿ as we are mTnmitted lo the owanisation hamng Str￿ user alall levds. also reviews the s￿11$ and prcle$sc￿3l eXpert￿e olTru*ees to ensu￿ trwe are rx) krowwe ￿ex￿rienCe oaps. which %VOLAd put the stralego marwnl and ￿￿kYr￿lOfthe orwisalion at ￿. Potenti￿ ￿didateS ar2 ￿entir￿d bythe e￿shrU Trustee5 ￿ creative direLt(XS Dlth2 Project. initialy semng as co￿pted members and. 1rdes*￿. 8t the next AGM 10 serve as a Truske. They weNe a briefin9 about the rtrks and r8spwbli￿s of8 Tntsiee have the wpal sratements In accordartr With ¥p￿leaNe L8w and United Kin9dom AcctyJnbn9 s￿danIs IifvNled Generaly A￿epted Acc￿￿nI￿9 Practicol. Cotnpany l&y requir85 ihe TrusleBs to p[Ppa￿ f1￿￿rA￿l state[￿ts I￿e￿h [￿a[￿al yearwthKti gwe a twe a[￿ fair ¥￿¥ of Ihe slate ofafairs ottre charity and ofthe in¢cmirg reS0￿￿S arkl ¥￿￿tIon otresources inc4udiry the expendituie. of the ch￿tab* C￿panY l¢¥ that year. In prewing these fina￿￿1 staternetrt5. the frt￿ are wured to.. . select suitable ￿￿tir￿j wAKies andthen appty the￿ - cl)sarv& lh$ m*ihthJsand printsrltrs In IF* ￿ant*S SORP". - MakejUd￿mentS and eSti￿les￿al are reason￿ and pl￿￿1E - stgte wtr*ther 8ppli¢abk LIK Acts)untirvJ S￿dards ha* W foltr4Jed. suw to any nBlenal Wrtwes dB¢bsed and explained in the ffin￿CHI ststemen15'. and . wepare Ihe financkil statetnents ￿ IhE goiyJ b￿5 it 15 nap[y￿ate lo pre5uffte thatthe charity ￿11 continue in operalKN). Trnslees are rÈspon*tAe fc¢ kewrv) 8dew8te ￿r￿n￿rI) reecids Ihat di%eb)se ￿1b r&/Scnab￿ accuracy st any bme financral po$4tiLN) tsfl￿ chanty enatle 10 en$wa Ihai thF rMa￿al stai￿ants Conw￿ wth ts Conwaritrs Acl 2006. They are akn reSponsi￿e for safegwthry the assels oftr* Charity and hen￿ f(K 13￿rvj reasonabk steps for trie prevenbon 3nd delecton oftraud and iWLAarrt￿5 ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED I r8Wrt to Ihe Tru5tee5on ofthe finanLaal slalemErts of Es58xCuNural Dwersty PrvFGI Litnited Ilhe charityl for Ihe yearended 31 Marth 2025. R$spon￿bIllIFy arKI basls of report As Ihe Trusiee8 of the chèrity18nd abo its dyectors f¢f purws8s L8wI, you Wé resrthsti￿ for lh8 pr8P8ralh)n of tre finaroal Slat￿￿ntS in &ctrdarK8*7th r6Y41irw*nts c￿an*S Act 20￿. satBfied trrysoWth* firwnrial St*e￿• oftlp ch¥ity requrwl to be aLKlited Part 16 CofflpaniesAcl 2006 and are elyble for KKI￿e￿enleXa￿Nnat￿. reFKKt ￿ resped of rny examinatron of the charty's financ4al Stat￿ne￿i5 not *ith IkKsse recimds". or Ihe financial sta*w￿Trts do notcoM￿Y w￿1h the ac￿￿ti￿ re￿￿￿nts ofsection ￿ ofthe CompaniesAcl 2006 olhw In8n any requirerrÈnl Ihat 5tsten￿nts gve ￿ rnie and larvEw. which Is rw. a matrer cortsidered as part ofan independent ex￿￿1na￿.' or the financial statefflents have tK>t been prep¥ed inacc0rdar￿e with Ihe mplh(x15 and wnrip￿SOf the Statement of ReEX>tnmendpd for ￿xx)unting aTrd retubw by (thatites lo d￿riSes ￿epar￿g theirfin3nGHI $ialw*nls wi acc£¥d8rf8 Iht Fn8nu81 R*KMJ1irwJ Stsnda-e ¥pphcth UK *)d R8puYi¢ of Irfjland IFRS 1Q21. I have no concerns anrt have comeThs no Olher ￿￿tlerS in connec1￿ with the e￿￿1[&￿tion to attention 5tK>Lld be drawn in thi$ report in order 10 ÈnaL4tr a urKJÈtsian(tsty eflhE fi￿￿tial statements to be rÈ8thed. L Kehh FCA 457 SouthchLhrh Road Soulhend on Sea Essex SSI 2PH 5 August2025 ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 To*1 Unro8tri¢tsd Ro8tri¢tod lund5 funds 2024 2024 Total 2025 2025 2025 Notes In¢omo fw: Donatso￿ and lega¢Es Chwilabk ￿￿vIbeS Investsnents 1976 307.569 285 1.976 347,199 285 3.3 302.T10 205 39.630 11.550 314.260 205 Total inroffl• 39.630 349.460 .26S 11,S50 317.815 ExpendturÈ on: *bvthS 51.728 351,691 293.LKXI 17,624 310.624 S1.728 351.691 293.000 17,624 310.624 Net Incornd¢expendlturel 9867 112.0981 122311 13.265 16.0741 7.191 Transfers between funds 15.516 (4811 481 mov8m&nt In funds 15.649 3.418 122311 12.784 15.5931 7.191 RvcOn¢ili*ti¢Jn ollund•'. Fund ballr￿$ al 1 Apnl 2024 41.625 5.129 47.354 28.841 11,322 40.163 Fund b•lanc8s at 31 M8reh 2025 35.976 9.147 45.123 41.625 5,729 47.354 The 51atefflentof finanual athitEs nckjdes all gainsaThl k>s5es rewi5ed in the year. intx)me expetxliture derive ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED BALANCE SHEET ASA T31 AIARCH 2025 2025 2024 Flx•d assgls Tangib￿ a55ets 12 17.464 9,243 Cuvr•nt a88•ts Debtors Cash at barlt and wi ha 13 1.1r]6 47.070 42.225 42.616 48.236 Croditorn: amow)tstslliny wilhin on0 year 14 114.9871 110.120) Nel current assets 27.659 38.111 Total assets less current Ilablllks 45,123 47.354 Incornp funds Restrithtd furQs Unrestr￿led fuThJs 15 9.147 35,976 5.729 41.625 45.123 47.354 The C￿p3nY ￿ enknlled to the exer￿*￿￿lrorn heaL*lit rewiremern￿raIryed n se[ts￿ 477 Olts coryan￿SACt 20(kn. lor the year en¢ed 31 M8rch 2025. Th8 direGlors ackniyth*e their respcn&Li1ts5 kncL¥nthrvJ requvptnents Dfthe C￿npanIESACt2Ly)6 ￿1h rest￿ct to acth)unbry rewrds 8nd trt p￿pa￿￿)i￿rm8fft(J8I *¥t￿ents. mambws h¥v8 not r8ouired th8 c(xmwy h) coiail ¥n audit of its f￿r￿1 sialen￿ts ywin 0￿8￿n in acCordan￿With sectK)n 476. Thès8 finartial siat6ments hav• pr￿ffjtt Ni to ¢trMParM￿ subiectto the small ¢c*Trpanies r8oin*. Ihe financvl slaterrents w¥e aprwved by treTrusteesan 22 Jtsty2025 DGUY Tr¢asurgr ¢hav Company Regi&traboTr 07S26344 ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 A￿OUnt￿9 pol￿195 Charity inlarmBtit Essex Cultural CIv￿ty Pr¢iect is a wivalg cl￿panY1￿118d ty gu8rantsg inc¢ypK81ed Yi Erytsnd Wale5. The registw& atr￿ ￿ 32a West Stre& ESSEX. SS4 IAI. 1.1 A¢count*lg comtenti 2006 8nd-A￿(￿n￿n9 Reportvlg Chètil*S" StslertEnicl RÈt(Mnftwded Pr*xte ap￿￿aNt 10 charities Ihgr acttwnts in all￿¥r￿pY￿lh the Fr￿￿081 SWdatd a￿1￿*￿￿ In IhB UK and REpubhc of Irdand IFRS 1D2)- las amended tor ￿0dS CCAmenury trom 1 jan￿ry2019) The ch¥ity isa PutAIc BenBfil Entity asdefined by FRS 102_ The tharity has taken advarrtagp of th2 provisxM5in the SORP fortharilie5 FRS 102 Update BU1￿￿￿ 1 TY)t Io pr&w• a Staiameni of Cash FhJ¥¥s. The fina￿￿1 *akrthnts are s￿l￿j. vknich v3 th8 oJrwolth8 th8rfty. Mon*aryamounls Ihfysefin￿c￿I stslemwis we rOU￿E￿ to Ihe wrest£. The financial stalements have WEpaed uTh*rthe tristorica f￿v￿110n. The wnc¥)al a￿￿ntir0 polryes adoptèd a￿ SBI oul beknw. 1.2 Going concem Al the Iirne of apprrmry Ihefftnatwl statemenis. Ihe Irustees have a rea￿ab￿ expedakn tral th8 ch￿ty ha5 adequate resources to continue in IipPrdt￿naI exi51enceknthp 10teseeth￿ fulwe. ThLts T￿5￿5 c(thnLE to ad¢ptlhe wing wncem ofac¢oLnbTh3 in pryriry lh8 fnarKJal sialam8nts. 1.3 Charitable lunth Unrestrthd luids are avatsL* fc¥ use al lh8 ofuie T￿￿e&S In luiilN)ra￿eOrl1l¥1[ ct)i¥LIIv¥s. Restr￿ed knd5￿￿ SU￿.ectIO S￿￿Cco￿ ty thrKKS 0[￿￿11)r5 a5 ta h￿theY rw b2 used. The putpws and uses ofth8 ￿str￿ted funds are setwt In the lo the [￿a￿LIa1 siatwt￿ts. 1.4 In¢ome I1￿0￿¢ is re￿nEed when the chwity is 18galty wbtlwj lo il aftw any pwfwmance 0)nd￿￿$ h8Ye been Thl. ounts ￿ be Tr3sured r8labty. a￿j ills wobable 1ha1itKxY￿e *il berts￿￿ed. Cayh d￿all￿8 are Tewised on recept. 0therth)DatN￿S ￿ recowti98d ¢)nce chm * been notified of the don8thon. unless perfuMa￿ecOndth￿s requre deterra of tre arn￿nI. In￿e tsx reo)veratr* in reiition to donat￿$ reTrNe(S under &ftAKt or {￿15 of rec(wLsed allhe tynp oflheithakn. Lega(i8s 8r8 re¢coThsed ￿ rec•pi Qr dherynso rf ihe Charity has been notif*d of an Impending dislributim, the nounl 15 kDOV4n. receipt is expected. the wnounl is n¢x Wy is treatsd as a contingent a5seL 1.5 Expondlturn Expenditure Is r#ognised McÈthÈre i%a 1)r{J￿$t￿￿￿￿e ¢tA￿al￿ontr) n￿ke a paymÈni to a third paty. it is prO￿È Ihal sèthèft*nt willbÉTr r￿Ul1&￿ and of (an bè mèasurèd rdLqNy. Exp￿dil￿r& is assified under f¢)IcwrwJ athity he¥thngs." Co*s ofgenerating fU￿S irrCl￿the costs of comryErcial *npitEsand its associated supwri co* and fundraising costs induang FwAe atKI (￿rISab0￿5 to <￿trit￿￿e f￿rKi￿llY to the (haritys*Y)rk, Ihr& Indudes the rosiof ad￿rt￿￿ng f(K¢*)nalv)n5 5¢WJw￿ofSkE(J￿I evenis and ai SUpp￿t Sts. 10- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ACcoUntw￿ pol￿•e$ (Continued) Expenditure on ir￿*￿￿1 exper%J￿re Or¢cly to xlI￿be5 undtsthken to fwtrer Ihc pur￿6&¥￿ acheve Ihe otiecbves of the tharity aThJ Iheir asswaw surpr)ri costs. Olhwexpenditue represents tht>sE itgn5 tx*faliry inlo arry ther hpadiy. 1.6 Tanglble flxed tsgets Tallgib￿ f￿ed assets intsly mea￿d at C05tatKI sub5EquentyfflEa5ured at orvaluation. netofdepreualiDn and any ltryaw￿￿￿t losse5. Depr#iaiion Is r8cognwd so 35 lo whi18 off the cosl crf vallobon d asseb r￿dUal values 0¥￿ their u8Eful live5 on the follwiw ￿5.. l aryj 8qu*Thnt Fimtures and fitt￿95 Corryuters 15% lJ*rK8 15% baan The ¢r I￿ ar￿Ing on Iho disposal ￿an detorm*W as the(iffere￿ t*twew sal& proceed$ and th& caryng value ofthe assei. and is rewised in ts Statery￿rta1finanCla activitie5. 1.7 Impakn)oni olffxed as80ts At eacn reportng end date, the charityrevhews the afhs trAe assets to detsrnlne wthether there Is ￿Y ndiGat￿n that ￿0$e 15sets have suffered ￿ Imw[m￿l kis5. If any irxficatson ex￿ts. recove[* arnount of ihe asset 15 esti[￿ated lOdete￿ine Ihe exten10r￿ lThyaittr￿ any!. 1.8 Ca8h and cagh •qulv4ktits Cash rash ￿NalentS Ir￿￿le rash in harxj. depJ5i1s he￿ alrall wlh baT*s, olhei ShOrt-ter￿ IiwKJ investtnents wilh onynal ma￿￿leS eftrrfee kss. Barf( overdrafts a￿ TAtylhn boffth¥in9$ In current liabilities. 1.9 Financial instrun1￿t8 The chanly has decled to aP￿Y ts prowsw5 of Sectiw 11 Eawc F￿a￿￿al Instiwnents, al￿ Section 12'0trw FinanEial 1nstrur￿ents Ls5ues' of FRS 102 to al of Is fi[￿(￿￿ 1rthw￿￿ts. Financial instsumntsar8 iw)*80 in the chaiiws b*rts lh&d￿rity be￿MeS party lo lhe£￿tract￿ proV￿￿￿S01 Ihe inslruTr*nt Financial assetsand h.abili1￿S￿e offset. *ilh the arTK)urts Fxpsethd ￿ the finatKMa statem8nts. when th8fft is a legalfv enftrrceable nghl to sei off the reco¥Jnsed *)vJnts U*re is ITrknti￿ to setue a net basts orto realtse the asset and sellie Ihe Iiablffy BasifinanciHI assets. include debtr￿ cash ban< baL9n￿. are MeW￿d at Irans8r*on Indudir transaction costs Un￿SS the arrarVj￿nt 3 fi￿(X￿j transa(JiDn. where the tranS&ti(￿ is measurpd at present v31ue ofthe future teceipts d￿￿￿￿ted al a tnarkel rate of inlerE5t. FnawAal da55rfied as rec￿va) wdhin one year 8￿ anvli8ed. ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ACcoUntw￿ pol￿•e$ (Continued) Basifinancial liabilities. hYCl￿lIng Credit￿ rewised attrar￿th￿ prK2 unless Ihe arT￿ge[rE￿I consbtsrtes finarting ltsnsatt￿n. whBre the d*4 ir*rUn￿l ts mBasuTrd ai value cl the fulufe paymwts dscountad at a market r3te i)teresl. Fin￿¢￿4 IK4trAitiesdasgfie¢ as payable 4vthn year are rrt)iaTrx)rfsed. Trade credit(xs arp Qwig*i￿ ￿ Payl￿g￿d5orsWVIWS￿0t have i￿n (Kdinary £ours9 of operaions supplets. Arnounts palab￿ are das5ified as CWTent lth*ties rf payment Is due within one year or less. If not. they a￿ piesenkd as nOn￿￿rrert k"abdrt￿. Trae veorfors a￿ wntsed 81tr8nsactl￿ kyice. Financial liabiliies are d8rewMsed Y4then ￿ chattys 0￿￿Jati￿5 expwe oratB disthat9￿ or￿ce1￿. 1.10 Employ0• ￿n@fitS The CDSt of any unused entiuw1￿￿l ts rettynise(l in the WKXI eWiyeÈsser¥+tÈsarÈ received. Ternination ￿nefits are re￿nised an expertse when the tharity is def￿￿str￿ty CCJrNnitted to tetrninate an empk)yee (￿t9 provKb lerM￿a￿ be￿ffl$. Cyltlcal 88¥m*e8 In the applicabon of Ihe charity's acc￿ng [KI￿e5. the TnJstee5 are rquired to rna[epdge￿Ents. estirnales ar as%umpl*)n$ atKutthe (*rrying attK)Urtafassets hablilies that re&thly app*enl from other s￿rG*s. Thè giThatss ar￿ asgock?tsd aSgLvWKJng*• bag*d on histoita otF*r lacto￿ Ihat arè ts)nsdèrgd io bo rdev8rf. A¢￿81 tesutts m8ydrfTer fromihese e$bTr￿e¥ The estfftates urxletyry assWn￿￿S￿e revThv&l fjn an Orymng ba￿5. ReViSKw￿ to acLountirvJ esbmates are rec(yJnised in the per￿￿ In ¥Jhch the e5btrbate ts rew5e¢ aifeds only Ihai pwi(xl, or in the pèriod or ihe r8¥1$￿n lulurB peiKQs vthtre remson alfocis both L3jft￿I8r￿ fuluTB perityjs. from d￿10￿¥ and l•gxip5 Urmtrictod Unrtr$tri¢t fund5 lunds 2025 2024 Donalk)r￿ ar￿ gdts 1.976 12- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 knGom¢ from ¢tsr#aW¢ a￿VIO*S Tolal Vnr•8trlcted funds Re•tricted fund¥ 2024 Total 2025 2025 2025 Char*abloactMde5 Perforrnance re￿ied grants 305.7 1.779 39.6 345.420 1,719 302.710 11,SS0 314,260 Ancilary trading inujriie 307.569 39.830 347.199 302.710 11,S50 314.260 ¢omo from Imsbmenls Unrestrlcted un￿s￿l¢l0d fuNI$ nds 2025 Interest rKeiYatle 285 )5 13- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Chpr#ablo a¢thlts 2D25 2024 Stattetssts Depreryaiion and bnp8￿enl fAJ,772 4,032 249,498 58.461 2.653 220.833 2.663 1.619 2.371 11.267 1.109 Tdephone Insuran Pnniirg. postage & siaiK*iery Travd & SUb￿st Lompul8r s¢ftw8re & nvInw￿r￿e Ac£ountancy lees Bankch8rges sUbs¢dpi￿nS Sundry ex￿￿ 1,268 1,652 15,236 4,101 2,916 1.419 218 35 343,686 305.1T3 Share of SUPFth rA)5ts Iseerx)le 71 8,￿5 5.451 351,691 310.624 AThatysl$ by fund unr￿tr￿led Restr￿ed fthds 293,963 51,728 293.(A)O 17.624 351,691 310.624 Suppurt costs allDcaied lo activbti 202S 2024 Basis ofallocation s￿rage l¥re 4.6W3 0￿rating lease chwges 3.312 2.WJ7 8.005 5.451 Anatysed between.. chantab￿ aciivibes 8.005 5.451 14- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Mot mvfyment kn fvnds 2025 2024 Thfy nFt I￿VeMentin fthd$ ts ¥tsted aftrr tharyinyII(*ethtyl". Fees payable foi the It￿ep￿￿J￿I exanwnatK)n vfthe tharitvstharvial Stai￿15 Depreriabon of langtle fixed assets 4.032 Trustèes 10 Eryknyqes 2025 N￿nber Number 2Q25 Wages and salarE5 CKHI security ￿sts 58.8 57.057 60.772 58.461 The number af e[￿￿oyees an￿al Wd5 nKKe than rv￿).0￿ rs as 2025 Nwnbsr Numbor £60.001 - £70.(XTr) Key ￿la￿￿ement ieFxesents the role d Creative t*reLaora5 th TnJ5tees ddegate ihe day to day m3na9pn*ntof ils *bvffjJÈs. ThÈ crÈatNe OirÈkn i% the onty emp￿• ¥nd ilw 8munts siatod saafy bwefjts r*c¥v•J by I Sandhu frorn the chanty during Ihe ye￿_ 11 Taxation The d)arity is exènw fremtsxatim ac*vtsS bBCaU* 811 its AapkqwJf¢x charitabl& pwp)ses. 15- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 12 Tanglblg flxed Comput•rs Cost Al 1 Awl 2024 AdJiti)ns 9,839 761 4.756 12,195 22.795 12.253 At 31 Marth 2025 16.4B7 5.517 13,044 35.048 Deprxialion and imwrrnenl At 1 Awl 2024 3.434 1.958 304 782 9,814 1,292 13.552 Depreciabon c*3rged in Ihe year Al 31 March 2025 5.392 11,1C 17.584 Canyng am(wJrt At 31 March 20¥J 4.431 1,936 17.464 At 31 Ma￿h 2024 6.405 457 2,381 9.243 13 DODtors 2025 2024 Amounts fallin9 due within one yw. p￿pSyM￿ts and act[￿d irtome 421 1.166 14 Crgdltws.. amounts 14lllng*kniwhhin ons y•ar 2025 2024 OthBr taxaiwJn and suck?1 ￿rIty Tiad8 creditor6 Ac¢wals and deferwy irw 1.659 10.747 2.581 1.657 6.057 2.411 14.987 10.125 16- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 15 R¢strl¢t0411unds The r¢eln¢ted fundsoflhe therity c￿nprisethC ur¢xpcrhYed b8￿nc￿etr¢c￿$8nd grontshdd on trusl subject to SP8ufic co￿111￿￿9 by¢M(YJ as to hthty Ihey rnay be wd. At1 Apyil 2024 ¢tyMing Transf8rs At 31 March 202$ Ipsw¢h 8ThY COIC￿Ster k4u*ums D￿gi￿￿￿rch CommuDIty Devekwrnenl Estsex Commmity Fourthlhiri Gl(b81 Vill*ge {D￿di￿￿utst1 Hatfield Fortrsi CM)mtssic Cowdvacc￿8IKm Parbiiy) Prr4eci H￿S￿h￿d Suppm Fur Arts 3nd Heallh Cwrnsford NeN¥orks Proje Adivc E￿¢ 15.3121 152 2,gJ3 19.1511 115.3951 2.134 10.395 4.042 3.226 3.049 317 25 12.0741 947 345 11381 12.9251 12.0741 1.114 2.624 5.729 39.630 151.7281 15.516 9.147 Pie¥bus year". A11 Aprll 2023 Transfers At 31 March 2024 Ess8¥ comMLm￿rf FOurth￿n GI￿£1 Ims Engl¥￿) Cowd VaccinalK Househdd Fu ACtp￿ E55ex 16.3221 Z28 15.5871 359 5.169 576 4.￿12 245 {2301 14.358 1r2 11.322 11.550 117.6241 481 5.n9 17- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 15 Re$trictedlunth (Continued) Thc ￿rrI91n1￿9 ￿enCe on r¢8trthd ryciects rejote to bxA( VdlLbC of a￿ets purchesed •s pert of ihe p￿e¢1S.. - E8sex Crxnmunity -A¢tiYe Essex - CilrtpHI Villwp th¥ldirohiJrs1 - CO¥￿ Vaccmalh - HDusehdd Sutport Fu The ￿Main￿9 funds fLthl$ fc*the reasLY)S." - 1p$￿th and Crlc*Ester Muwms. Tre baartrof fvs wc¥ecl relaled lo the NBVcrf8ssets 05 Part ofthe projecl as wdl as a small ewenditure deficit. is covered by fu￿1n9 r￿￿e￿ n April 2025. - partti1￿ Prgett- propct into the 2025126. p￿)[[￿￿[￿￿ stFred altural heritage In Essex. . I￿Sand Heaifh Q￿rn$fud- Ths ¢Yojeu m8terialtyecMn*.ed 2D25. ihe re￿ining bJar¢e ￿aleS lo iriwal 9Xp￿dI1￿r¢ thalwas paKt inAwl 2025. . NetvA)rks Proj&J. Tl¥s irn defDtas tre eknentof fijrylng. due ki Marth 2025. was not re¢eried until Apnl 2025 This (bes not reman n defKit after rpcwpt 0fth￿ fuM*ng. Unrestrictrd lund5 16 The Lvweslricted funds of the chanty c¢xnwse ￿eunex￿1￿u1 balances Dfdonalkins grant5 which are not subtrect lo specific condib<￿ by and tyantors as tc how IW may be used. These irclude designated funas which beBn set aS￿e ¢￿t of unreskncted funds by Ihe trust&5for pu￿. At1 Awil 2024 kncomlry R•sowco5 Transfors At 31 Alarch 2025 Genwl fu￿$ 41.625 1299.9631 115.5161 35.976 P￿v*)￿S yeaT'. At1 April 2W ¢oming Twansfws At 31 MarEh 2024 Gen￿￿ furKJs 28.841 1293.0001 14811 41.&5 17 Anatysls of net assets belwttn lurK15 Total funds 2025 2025 2025 At 31 March 202&- Tangib￿ assels Current asseislllgt¥l(0"8sl 6.442 11.022 11.8751 17,464 27.659 35.976 9.147 45.123 18- ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 17 Anatysits of net assets bet￿efi funds (Continued) Total fund8 2024 2024 2024 At 31 Ma￿h 2024= T￿ng1b￿ a55¢ts Current 8ssets1l1o￿1￿.esI 3.514 38.111 5.729 9.243 38.111 41.625 5.729 47.354 18 Relètsd yrty tAll8a¢tw)ns Tr8nS?￿•0￿s rdated parties During the ye¥ the thatity Èniwed IntothÈfi￿hymY rdated part*s". 2025 2024 Other rdated Foibes 2.8QN) 2.8tx) Dunng the ye¥lhe charity entered 1ntothefdhy￿ tr￿Sa¢ll￿ ￿ rd8W pgrtE5'. The of1m￿nCe poiect m*agen*ntserw ty AS3￿￿hU, thts ￿ghter01 l. sa￿￿hU. 1018IMI9 £1,8rA) in tho ￿￿onI y8ar1S)24I1.0501. Prc*luction a￿stsn￿ was ￿s0 a fred￿ b￿15 ￿dhu. the son ol l. Sand￿. loWino £1.0￿ In Ihe y￿ar12024.. £01. All servres were ryovkled on bJsress lems wilh ￿ W￿ntsoutstsThdlrwJ at tre y end dale. Noamunts h8ve been wtitten off to any reL8le(J partles in Ihe curr￿1 year. The Tru51ee5 h￿￿ not been paKI experyses OrreM￿eraiTh *Jr role as TtU5teeoflhecharity. 19- This document was delivered using electronic communications and authenticated in accordance with ihe registrar's mles relating to electronic fomi, authenticatior and manner of delivery under sectioi) 1072 of the Companies Act ?006.