## EMILY’S STAR
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
CHARITY NO. 1152520
**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **CONTENTS OF THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
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- 3 Legal and administrative information
- 4 Report of the independent examiner
- 5 Receipts and payments
- 6 Statement of assets and liabilities
- 7-8 Notes to the report and financial statements
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
Trustees: Katie Mainwaring Darcy Scott Hindmarch Jodie Spencer Jayne Foster Principle office: 8 Wimborne Crescent Westcroft Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK4 4DE Registered number: 1152520 Independent examiner: Gemma Ffowcs-Williams FCCA Chilli Accounting Ltd 21 Pyxe Court Walton Park Milton Keynes MK7 7HR
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF EMILY’S STAR FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set out on pages 5-8.
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the independent examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charities Commission. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures within the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Gemma Ffowcs-Williams FCCA Chilli Accounting Ltd 21 Pyxe Court Walton Park Milton Keynes MK7 7HR
Date ………11/9/2023…………
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
|**Note**
**Receipts**
Voluntary Receipts
**4**
Activities for generating funds
Charitable activities
**5**
Covid Related Government Support
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Costs of generating voluntary income
Costs of charitable activities
Fundraising costs (trading activities)
Governance costs
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Cash funds at year end**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2023**
Total funds
2022
£
£
**£**
£|
|---|---|
||99,836
-
**99,836**
56,294
755
-
**755**
778
15,664
-
**15,664**
8,602
-
-
**-**
9,304|
||**116,255**
**-**
**116,255**
74,979|
||3,121
-
**3,121**
2,080
37,443
-
**37,443**
26,039
2,845
-
**2,845**
670
50,304
-
**50,304**
49,034|
||93,712
-
**93,712**
77,823|
|||
||22,543
-
**22,543**
(2,844)|
|||
||34,662
-
**34,662**
12,494|
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
|**Note**
**Current Assets**
Bank account
PayPal account
Cash account
**Total current assets**
Liabilities
Total Assets less Current Liabilities
**Income Funds**
**6**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**Total Funds**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
£
£|**Total funds**
**2023**
Total funds
2022
**£**
£|
|---|---|---|
||33,430
609
622
34,662
-
2,351
-|**33,430**
11,914
**609**
8
**622**
572
**34,662**
12,494
**2,351**
1,726|
||**32,310**
**-**|**32,310**
**10,768**|
||116,255
-
-
-|116,255
74,979
-
-|
|||**116,255**
**74,979**|
Approved by the trustees on …………………………………………… and signed on their behalf by;
Katie Mainwaring Trustee
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **NOTES TO THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with;
- Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008)
- Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); and
- the Charities Act 2011.
## **2. TAXATION**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax.
## **3. REMUNERATION OF TRUSTEES AND BENEFITS**
Remuneration paid to trustees in the year amounted to £31,085 for the year ended 31 March 2023 (2022; £28,859)
## **4. VOLUNTARY INCOME**
|Donations
**Total Donations**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2023**
£
£
£|
|---|---|
||100,591
100,591|
||**100,591**
**-**
**100,591**|
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **NOTES TO THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023**
## **5. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Bonus ball lottery
Box sponsorship
Fundraising events
**Total Charitable Activities**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2023**
£
£
£|
|---|---|
||2,917
-
2,917
80
-
80
12,667
-
12,667|
||15,664
-
15,664|
## **6. FUNDS**
|Opening Balance
Receipts
Payments (Current Year Items)
Transfer between funds
**Closing Balance**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
£
£
£
£
**2023**
**2022**|
|---|---|
||12,119
-
14,963
-
116,255
-
74,979
-
93,712
77,823
-
-
-
-
-|
||**34,662**
**-**
**12,119**
**-**|
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