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|||Notes|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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|Income from:|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||7,130|1,336,493|1,343,623|1,176,070|
|Investment<br>income|||1,619||1,619|31|
|Other|||2,500||2,500|2,750|
|Total income|||11,249|1,336,493|1,347,742|1,178,851|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||10,180|1,274,224|1,284,404|1,173,898|
|Total expenditure|||10,180|1,274,224|1,284,404|1,173,898|
|Net income / (expenditure)|||1,069|62,269|63,338|4,953|
|Transfers between|funds||44,900|(44,900)|||
|Net movement<br>in|funds||45,969|17,369|63,338|4,953|
|Reconciliation of|funds||||||
|Total funds brought|forward||70,644|10,221|80,865|75,912|
|Total funds carried forward|||116,613|27,590|144,203|80,865|





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|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
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|Fixed assets||||||
|Tangible assets|10||||114|
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|Current assets||||||
|Debtors|11|194,427||194,427|100,851|
|Cash at bank and in hand||262,609|27,590|290,199|240,612|
|||457,036|27,590|484,626|341,463|
|Liabilities||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year|12|(340,423)||(340,423)|(260,712)|
|Net current assets||116,613|27,590|144,203|80,751|
|Total assets less current liabilities||116,613|27,590|144,203|80,865|
|Net assets||116,613|27,590|144,203|80,865|
|Funds ofthe Charity:|13|||||
|Unrestdlcted<br>funds:||||||
|General funds||||71,612|25,643|
|Designated<br>funds||||45,001|45,001|
|Restricted funds||||27,590|10,221|
|Totalcharityfunds||||144,203|80,865|





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|Cash flows from operating|activities||||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||63,338|4,953|
|Adjustment<br>tocash flows from non-cash items|||||
|Depreciation|||114|198|
|Investment<br>Income|||(1,619)|(31)|
||||61,833|5I120|
|Working capital adjustments|||||
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors<br>(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors||10<br>11|(93,576)<br>79,711|(5,288)<br>108,762|
|Net cash flows from operating|activities||47,968|108,594|
|Cash flows from investing|activities||||
|Interest receivable<br>and similar|income||1,619|31|
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets|||||
|Net cash flows from investing|activities||1,619|31|
|Cash flows from financing|activities||||
|Repayment<br>of borrowing|||||
|Net cash flows from financing|activities||||
|Net increase in cash and cash equivalents|||49,587|108,625|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at 1April||240,612|131,987|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at31March||290,199|240,612|
|Cash and cash equivalents|consists of:||||
|Cash at bank and in hand|||290,199|240,612|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at 31March|||290,199|240,612|





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|British Gas Energy Trust||||69,417||
|Citizens Advice —Big Energy|Savings<br>Network|||12,976|15,137|
|Energy Saving Trust- Energy|Redress Covid-19 Crisis||Fund||23,606|
|Energy Saving Trust- Energy|Redress Scheme Voucher Fund|||122,967||
|Energy Saving Trust —Warm|Start Essex|||160,421|122,052|
|Essex Community<br>Foundation||||10,125|14,167|
|Essex Community<br>Foundation|—Training|||4,630||
|Essex County Coundl —Contain Outbreak||Management|fund|105,100|536,617|
|Essex County Coundl —Cost|Of Living|||67,504||
|Essex County Coundl —Household<br>Support||Fund||225,067||
|Essex County Coundl —SLA||||130,976|122,000|
|Essex County Coundl —Warm|Homes|||290,609|297,112|
|GP Primary<br>Choice —Training||||2,500||
|Macmillan<br>Welfare Benefits Essex||||141,329||
|Saffron Building Society- Debt Awareness||Training|||5,200|
|Universal<br>Credit Best Practice|Lead||||39,979|
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|3.|The income<br>from charitable<br>acbvities<br>was E1,343,<br>restricted (2022:E1,170,670).<br> INVESTMENT INCOME|623 (2022: E1,176,070) of which<br>K1,|336,493 w|
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||Bank interest received|1,619|31|
|||1,619|31|
|4.|OTHER INCOME|||
|||2023|2022|
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||Income from members|2,500|2,750|
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|5.|CHARITABLE ACTIVI|CHARITABLE ACTIVI|TIES|||
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||Provision ofservices|||2023I|2022|
||Provision of SLA|||130,978|122,000|
||Partner costs|||1,031,274|898,239|
||Staff and training|costs||76,638|113,785|
|||||1,238,890|1,134,024|
||Support costs (see note||6)|39,418|37,480|
||Governance<br>costs|(see|note 6)|6,096|2,394|
|||||1,284,404|1,173,898|
||Analysis<br>by fund|||||
||Unrestricted|||10,180|3,028|
||Restricted|||1,274,224|1,170,870|
|||||1,284,404|1,173,898|
|6.|SUPPORT k GOVERNANCE COSTS|||||
||Support costs|||2023|2022|
|||||E|E|
||Outsourced<br>support|||19,644|13,292|
||Staff and training|costs||16,205|15,811|
||Recruitment<br>costs||||488|
||Office costs|||1,530|3,265|
||Other costs|||2,039|4,624|
|||||39,418|37,480|
||Governance costs|||2{i23|2022|
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||Audit and accountancy||fees|6,096|2,394|
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|Wages and|salaries||||85,883|114,683|
|Employers|National||Insurance||4,266|5,185|
|Pension costs|||||2,878|2,985|
||||||93,027|122,853|
|The average||monthly|number ofemployees|during the year was as follows:|||
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|10.FIXEDASSETS|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Computer||
||||Equipment|Total|
||||E|E|
|Cost|||||
|As at 1April 2022|||||
|Additions|||||
|As at 31 March 2023||||984|
|Depreciation|||||
|As at 1April 2022|||870|870|
|Charge for the year|||114|114|
|As at 31March 2023|||984|984|
|Net book value|||||
|As at 31 March 2023|||||
|As at 31 March 2022|||114|114|
|11.DEBTORS: AMOUNTS|FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||
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|Prepayments<br>and accrued||income|194,427|100,851|
||||194,427|100,851|
|12.CREDITORS: AMOUNTS||FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||
||||2023|2022|
||||E|E|
|Trade creditors|||184|413|
|Taxation and social security|||2,828|2,531|
|Accruals and deferred|income||337,411|257,768|
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|YEAR ENDED 31|MARCH 2023||||||
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|||At<br>1April|Incoming<br>resources|Outgoing<br>resourrxw|Transfers<br>between|At<br>31March|
|||2022<br>E|||funds<br>E|2023I|
|UNRESTRICTED|FUNDS||||||
|General<br>fund||25,643|11,249|(10,180)|44,900|71,612|
|Designated<br>fund||45,001||||45,001|
|||70,644|11,249|(10,180)|44,900|116,613|
|RESTRICTED FUNDS|||||||
|British Gas Energy|Trust||69,417|(41,827)||27,590|
|Gtizens<br>Advice —Big Energy|||||||
|Saving<br>Network|||12,976||(12,976)||
|Energy Saving Trust —Energy|||||||
|Redress<br>Scheme|Voucher||||||
|Fund|||122,967|(112,754)|(10,213)||
|Energy<br>Saving Trust —Warm|||||||
|Start Essex|||160,421|(154,351)|(6,070)||
|Essex Community|Foundation|5,521|10,125|(41,186)|25,540||
|Essex<br>County|Council||||||
|Contain|Outbreak||||||
|Management<br>Fund|||105,100|(105,100)|||
|Essex County<br>Council —Cost|||||||
|Of Living|||67,504|(61,170)|(6,334)||
|Essex<br>County|Council||||||
|Household<br>Support|Fund||225,067|(213,443)|(11,624)||
|Essex County<br>Council —SLA|||130,978|(130,978)|||
|Essex County<br>Council —Warm|||||||
|Homes|||290,609|(273,203)|(17,406)||
|Macmillan<br>Welfare|Benefits||||||
|Essex|||141,329|(145,407)|4,078||
|Universal<br>Services|Best||||||
|Practice Lead||||5,195|(5,195)||
|Universal<br>Credit Best Practice|||||||
|Lead||4,700|||(4,700)||
|||10,221|1,336,493|(1,274,224)|(44,900)|27,590|
|TOTAL FUNDS||80,865|1,347,742|(1,284,404)||144,203|





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|YEAR ENDED 3|1MARCH 2022||||||
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|||At<br>1April|Incoming<br>resources|Outgoing<br>resources|Transfers<br>between|At<br>31March|
|||2021|||funds|2022|
|||E|||E||
|UNRESTRICTED|FUNDS||||||
|General fund||20,690|7,981|(3,028)||25,643|
|Designated<br>fund||45,001||||45,001|
|||65,691|7,981|(3,028)||70,644|
|RESTRICTED FUNDS|||||||
|Citizens<br>Advice —Big Energy|||||||
|Saving<br>Nebvork|||15,137|(15,137)|||
|Essex County<br>Council —SLA|||122,000|(122,000)|||
|Essex County<br>Council —Warm|||||||
|Homes|||297,112|(297,112)|||
|Essex<br>County|Council||||||
|Contain|Outbreak||||||
|Management<br>Fund|||536,817|(536,817)|||
|Energy Saving Trust —Energy|||||||
|Redress Covid-19|Crisis Fund||23,606|(23,606)|||
|Energy<br>Saving Trust —Warm|||||||
|Stalt Essex|||122,052|(122,052)|||
|Essex Community|Foundation|5,521|14,167|(14,167)||5,521|
|Universal<br>Credit Best Practice|||||||
|Lead||4,700|39,979|(39,979)||4,700|
|||10,221|1,170,870|(1,170,870)||10,221|
|TOTAL FUNDS||75,912|1,178,851|(1,173,898)||80,865|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Income from:|||||
|Charitable<br>activities||5,200|1,170,870|1,176,070|
|Investment<br>income||31||31|
|Other||2,750||2,750|
|Total income||7,981|1,170,870|1,178,851|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||
|Charitable<br>activities||3,028|1,170,870|1,173,898|
|Total expenditure||3,028|1,170,870|1,173,898|
|Net income / (expenditure)||4,953||4,953|
|Transfers<br>between|funds||||
|Net movement<br>in|funds|4,953||4,953|
|Reconciliation of|funds||||
|Total funds brought|forward|65,691|10,221|75,912|
|Total funds carried forward||70,644|10,221|80,865|





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|INCOMING<br>RESOURCES|||E|E|
|Incoming<br>resources||from charitable|||
|activities|||||
|General<br>Advisory<br>Services|||1,343,623|1,176,070|
|Income from members|||2,500|2,750|
|Total incoming<br>resources|||1,346,123|1,178,820|
|RESOURCES EXPENDED|||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||||
|Provision ofSIA|||130,978|122,000|
|Partner costs|||1,031,274|898,239|
|Computer costs|||117|2,002|
|Telephone|||21|571|
|Recruitment<br>advertising||||488|
|Staff training|||(184)|6,743|
|Insurance|||764|693|
|Legal and professional|||1,278|35|
|Bookkeeping<br>and payroll||processing fees|2,930|2,443|
|Publicity and promotion|||1,259|667|
|ONce costs|||628||
|Sundry expenses|||(3,730)|999|
|Subscriptions|||85|176|
|Depreciation|||114|198|
|Bank charges|||103|105|
|Outsourced<br>support|||19,644|13,292|
|Wages and salaries|||85,883|114,683|
|Employer's<br>Nations'I<br>Insurance|||4,266|5,185|
|Pension costs|||2,878|2,985|
||||1278308|1171504|
|Governance aosts|||||
|Audit and accountancy|fees||6,096|2,394|
||||6,096|2I394|
|Total resouraes expended|||1,284,404|1,173,898|
|Bank interest received|||1,619|31|
|Net (expenditure)/income|||63,338|4,953|



