**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1153450**
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
FOR
## ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
Barretts Chartered Accountants & Chartered Tax Advisers
22 Union Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2JS
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|||Page||
|---|---|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees|1|to|5|
|Independent Examiner's Report||6||
|Statement of Financial Activities||7||
|Balance Sheet||8||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|9|to|15|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities||16||
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).
Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees
The law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity. This is at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements, the Board of Trustees follow best practice and:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to assume that the charity will continue on that basis.
The Board of Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act.
The Board of Trustees 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.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims**
Our Purpose
Championing local people and communities Our Vision
An inclusive, innovative, and independent champion for the aspirations of local people Our Mission
To help make communities heard and enable responsive, person-centred solutions by transforming the way local services are designed and delivered
Our organisational statement
Engaging Communities South West works to help communities transform the way local services are designed and delivered, by offering engagement, evaluation, communications support, digital support, training and advice to the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Our strategic Themes
- Community Voice - We deliver projects that help people and communities to make their voices heard
- Access and Empowerment - We deliver projects that empower people to have more control over their own lives and improves access to the service and support that they need to live well.
- Strategic Support - We support organisations to plan, communicate, evaluate and improve projects and services through a person-centred, community- responsive, and evidence based approach
We review our aims, objectives and activities each year through our business plan. This review looks at what we achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous 12 months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to those groups of people we are set up to help.
The review also helps us ensure that our aims, objectives and activities remain focused on our stated purposes. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Chair's Report 2024/2025**
During 2024/25 'Healthwatch Torbay & Engaging Communities South West' have continued to progress the organisation's aims and objectives.
We have met our goals regarding contractual targets in organisational structure, working practices, and stakeholder & partner engagement.
As with many other organisations operating in the sector, there have been issues around recruitment and retention of staff. These are largely beyond the control of the organisation. However, we are aware of these challenges and hold that the pressures on the organisation are manageable.
Our statutory partners are aware of our abilities and are increasingly approaching ECSW for advice and assistance. Of particular import is the organisation's leading role in the voluntary and community sector and we continue to be recognised as an innovator in new forms of local statutory and voluntary collaborative working.
Taking on a leading role with the Torbay VCSE Alliance has provided ECSW with the opportunity to work in cooperation and coordination across the sector. This has enabled us to maintain the move beyond a long-established culture of competition and division. Such openness and mutual support also promotes silo-breaking for the benefit of all our communities.
This has further established our willingness and capacity to take on commissioned work, using our skills and expertise to gather service user feedback.
Our provision of a Wellbeing Hub at Paignton Library, offering advice, information and support to the whole community, continues to be a success. We will maintain this work with Torbay Council and intend to use this as an example of good practice that can be replicated across the Bay and further afield.
Consultation and engagement with residents continues. By working alongside our local communities we can be innovative and move beyond consultation by harvesting opinions to promote the co-design and co-delivery of health, social care and wellbeing services.
We use a variety of engagement tools to gather local intelligence and identify trends across health and social care provision. Having established a reputation for Digital work, we expect there to be additional opportunities to enhance this realm in the coming years.
We pass on any harvested anonymous data to those in a position to make positive change, including Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Devon Partnership Trust, Care Quality Commission, the Local Authority, Healthwatch England, One Devon ICB, and other key stakeholders.
We will continue to promote our findings and recommendations to local, regional, and national decision-making platforms. We have accordingly seen our reputation grow significantly, locally, regionally and nationally, and believe that we have made a significant contribution towards improving health & social care provision across Torbay and wider Devon.
The Board of Trustees are fully informed of the opportunities and risks to the organisation. We are further cognisant of challenges, both short term and longer term, specifically around increasing demand, the changing landscape amongst voluntary and statutory partners, reductions in the availability of volunteers etc, all of which may impact on securing adequate future funding and resources for the organisation.
Of specific concern was the government's announcement that it was to close Healthwatch; a significant contract held by ECSW.
This was as a part of the Ten Year Health Plan which set out major changes to the NHS and this was followed by Dr Penny Dash's review on patient safety.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
We have significant concerns that, for the first time in decades, the Bay will be without an independent patient and community voice; with no way to inform health and social care partners of what is going well and not so well, and without a path that involves our communities in the design of the services we all depend on.
The government's plans are to absorb Healthwatch' statutory duties into local councils and the NHS Integrated Care Boards. We have , however, long worked closely with colleagues in services, having established ourselves as an equal partner in the health and care system. These colleagues understand and value the independence, constructive criticism, the investigations, and the solutions we bring. Hence, we are in discussions with these partners about future opportunities to continue our work, albeit in another way.
Meanwhile, as we await further clarity on the government's proposals, it's business as usual for Healthwatch and Engaging Communities: listening, signposting, and ensuring the voices of people in Torbay are heard wherever health and care decisions are made.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and regularly review all of the activities to ensure that they do provide benefit to the public.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial review**
Against the backdrop of limited resources, insecurities over funding and the challenging landscape across the Health and Social Care Sector the Charity continues - with the support of the Trustees, staff and volunteers - to deliver against its charitable aims and objectives and meet its obligations under all project contracts throughout the year.
The principal funding for the Charity has been received from the Local Authority by way of Grants to core work of Healthwatch.
Additional monies have been received throughout the year to deliver projects and for specific targeted pieces of commissioned work for various stakeholders
## **Reserves policy**
The Board of Trustees has examined the Charity's requirements for reserves considering the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted fund, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity, should be a minimum of 3 months of core expenditure.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The organisation became a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) with effect from 6[th] March 2024. It was previously a limited company which was incorporated on 9th February 2013 and registered as a charity on 16th August 2013. The CIO is established under a constitution as a foundation CIO.
Under the requirements of the constitution trustees are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting. All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Organisational structure**
The organisation must have a minimum of 3 Trustees with no maximum number. They meet quarterly and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. The Board of Trustees come from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity.
A scheme of delegation is in place and day to day responsibility for the provision of the services rests with the Chief Executive.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Charity number**
1153450
## **Registered office**
Paignton Library & Information Great Western Road Paignton Devon TQ4 5AG
## **Trustees**
Dr K Dixon Chairman Mrs P Teague A L Tidy Mrs L J Parkin J Hui S M Honeywill (appointed 18.9.24) Ms S L Ebden (appointed 18.9.24)
**Charity Secretary** Mrs P Harris
## **Independent Examiner**
I P Barrett FCA FCIE Barretts Chartered Accountants & Chartered Tax Advisers 22 Union Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2JS
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 9 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Dr K Dixon - Trustee
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Engaging Communities South West**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Charity are not required to be audited and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, 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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
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 accounts to be reached.
## I P Barrett FCA FCIE
Barretts Chartered Accountants & Chartered Tax Advisers 22 Union Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2JS
Date: 18[th] September 2025
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
**383,536**
Investment income
2
**498**
**Total**
**384,034 **
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Charity
**308,048**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**75,986**
**Transfers between funds**
10
**(970)**
**Net movement in funds**
**75,016**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**236,570**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**311,586**|Restricted
funds
£
**47,484**
**-**
**47,484 **
**82,011**
**(34,527)**
**970**
**(33,557)**
**69,457**
**35,900**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**431,020**
**498**
**431,518**
**390,059**
**41,459**
**-**
**41,459**
**306,027**
**347,486**|2024
Total
funds
£
395,071
500
395,571
416,660
(21,089)
-
(21,089)
327,116
306,027|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## BALANCE SHEET 31 March 2025
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
6
**4,498**
Cash at bank and in hand
**350,870**
**355,368**
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**(30,308)**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**325,060**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**325,060**
**PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES**
9
**(13,474)**
**NET ASSETS**
**311,586**
**FUNDS**
10
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
funds
£
**-**
**35,900**
**35,900**
**-**
**35,900**
**35,900**
**-**
**35,900**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**4,498**
**386,770**
**391,268**
**(30,308)**
**360,960**
**360,960**
**(13,474)**
**347,486**
**311,586**
**35,900**
**347,486**|2024
Total
funds
£
7,898
335,249
343,147
(23,646)
319,501
319,501
(13,474)
306,027
236,570
69,457
306,027|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 9 September 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
K Dixon - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME**
|**INVESTMENT INCOME**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|2024|
||**£**|£|
|Deposit account interest|**498**|500|
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
Expenses of £793 (2024:£202) in total were reimbursed to two (2024: one) trustee during the year.
## **4. STAFF COSTS**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
## Administration and project staff
|**2025**|2024|
|---|---|
|**9**|10|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost represents the contribution payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £24,531 (2024: - £21,266).
## **5. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES- YEAR TO 31/03/2024**
|Unrestricted
funds
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
310,330
Investment income
500
**Total**
310,830
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Charity
291,271
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
19,559
**Transfers between funds**
(1,512)
**Net movement in funds**
18,047
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
218,523
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
236,570|Restricted
funds
£
84,741
-
84,741
125,389
(40,648)
1,512
(39,136)
108,593
69,457|Total
funds
£
395,071
500
395,571
416,660
(21,089)
-
(21,089)
327,116
306,027|
|---|---|---|
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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|**6.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**7.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade creditors
**8.**
**PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES**
Provisions|**2025**
**£**
**245**
**4,253**
**4,498**
**2025**
**£**
**30,308**
**30,308**
**2025**
**£**
**13,474 **||
|---|---|---|
The provision of £13,474 relates to an admission agreement between he charity, Devon County Council and Torbay Borough Council regarding potential pension liabilities for employees of the charity, previously employed by Torbay Borough Council to remain in the scheme administered by Devon County Council. At the date of the admission agreement the actuarial risk exposure was £13,474, an amount that the charity has to hold in an account under the control of all three bodies.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Business Development Reserve
Core Costs Reserve
**Restricted funds**
Insite TSDFT
Paignton Library
Whole Home Healing
Torbay MacMillan
Torbay Council COMF Digital Care Home
Resident Wellbeing South
Digital EHCH Befriending Pilot
Care Home Network
Healthwatch Torbay
Teignmouth Stakeholder Group
Awards for All Digital
PCH & VCSE Network
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Whole Home Healing
Torbay MacMillan
Torbay Council COMF Digital Care Home
Resident Wellbeing South
Healthwatch Torbay
Teignmouth Stakeholder Group
Awards for All Digital
PCH & VCSE Network
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.24
£
**133,885**
**34,435**
**68,250**
**236,570**
**13,758**
**4,057**
**7,776**
**(756)**
**13,015**
**1,307**
**7,170**
**4,898**
**900**
**17,332**
**-**
**69,457**
**306,027**
as follows:|Net
movement
in funds
£
**75,986**
**-**
**-**
**75,986**
**-**
**-**
**(49)**
**(214)**
**(13,015)**
**-**
**-**
**1,040**
**(900)**
**(17,332)**
**(4,057)**
**(34,527)**
**41,459**
Incoming
resources
£
**384,034**
**-**
**16,877**
**-**
**1,040**
**-**
**(8,302)**
**37,869**
**47,484 **
**431,518**|Transfers
between
At
funds
31.3.25
£
£
**(970)**
**208,901**
**-**
**34,435**
**-**
**68,250**
**(970)**
**311,586**
**-**
**13,758**
**(4,057)**
**-**
**-**
**7,727**
**970**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,307**
**-**
**7,170**
**-**
**5,938**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,057**
**-**
**970**
**35,900**
**-**
**347,486**
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
**(308,048)**
**75,986**
**(49)**
**(49)**
**(17,091)**
**(214)**
**(13,015)**
**(13,015)**
**-**
**1,040**
**(900)**
**(900)**
**(9,030)**
**(17,332)**
**(41,926)**
**(4,057)**
**(82,011)**
**(34,527)**
**(390,059)**
**41,459**|
|---|---|---|---|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Business Development Reserve
Core Costs Reserve
**Restricted funds**
Insite TSDFT
Paignton Library
BAME Torbay Council Racism Review
Digital NHS Charities Together
Whole Home Healing
Torbay MacMillan
HWDTED
Torbay Council COMF Digital Care Home
Resident Wellbeing South
Digital Inclusion Coordinator
Digital EHCH Befriending Pilot
Care Home Network
Healthwatch Torbay
Teignmouth Stakeholder Group
Torbay Carers Strategy 24
Awards for All Digital
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.23
£
105,273
45,000
68,250
218,523
-
28,186
13,408
17,777
7,132
1,033
156
3,103
27,844
1,648
7,170
1,136
-
-
-
108,593
327,116|Net
movement
in funds
£
30,124
(10,565)
-
19,559
13,758
(24,129)
(13,408)
(17,777)
644
(1,789)
(156)
9,912
(27,844)
(341)
-
3,762
900
(1,512)
17,332
(40,648)
(21,089)|Transfers
between
funds
£
(1,512)
-
-
(1,512)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,512
-
1,512
-|At
31.3.24
£
133,885
34,435
68,250
236,570
13,758
4,057
-
-
7,776
(756)
-
13,015
-
1,307
7,170
4,898
900
-
17,332
69,457
306,027|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Business Development Reserve
**Restricted funds**
Insite TSDFT
Paignton Library
BAME Torbay Council Racism Review
Digital NHS Charities Together
Whole Home Healing
Torbay MacMillan
Standing Tall
HWDTED
Torbay Council COMF Digital Care Home
Resident Wellbeing South
Digital Inclusion Coordinator
Digital EHCH Befriending Pilot
Healthwatch Torbay
Good Things Foundation Digital Health
Devon Website
Teignmouth Stakeholder Group
Torbay Carers Strategy 24
Awards for All Digital
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
310,830
-
310,830
14,000
-
-
-
2,000
17,259
1,853
3,219
18,002
-
-
3,762
4,750
900
-
18,996
84,741
395,571|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(280,706)
30,124
(10,565)
(10,565)
(291,271)
19,559
(242)
13,758
(24,129)
(24,129)
(13,408)
(13,408)
(17,777)
(17,777)
(1,356)
644
(19,048)
(1,789)
(1,853)
-
(3,375)
(156)
(8,090)
9,912
(27,844)
(27,844)
(341)
(341)
-
3,762
(4,750)
-
-
900
(1,512)
(1,512)
(1,664)
17,332
(125,389)
(40,648)
(416,660)
(21,089)|
|---|---|---|
Restricted funds relate to specific targeted pieces of commissioned work with various stakeholders undertaken throughout the year.
## **10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **11. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY**
The charity is under the ultimate control of the trustees.
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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES SOUTH WEST
## DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Grants
Donated services and facilities
Core costs recovered
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Insurance
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Projects and research
Staff travel
Computer software and maintenance
Meeting room hire/refreshments
Trustee expenses
Repairs and renewals
Business development
Rent, rates and service charge
H R Support
**Support costs**
**Finance**
Bank charges
**Governance costs**
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
**Net income/(expenditure)**|2025
£
**304,183**
**12,984**
**113,853**
**431,020**
**498**
**431,518**
**161,127**
**(5,280)**
**23,117**
**2,615**
**1,693**
**1,640**
**2,200**
**148,038**
**-**
**3,347**
**1,538**
**266**
**162**
**27,538**
**11,664**
**2,567**
**382,232**
**87**
**7,740**
**390,059**
**41,459**|2024
£
321,804
4,799
68,468
395,071
500
395,571
155,347
11,503
21,266
2,531
2,305
1,507
2,920
177,421
980
8,556
110
202
561
10,565
11,794
1,799
409,367
132
7,161
416,660
(21,089)|
|---|---|---|
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