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| Trustees' annual report |
(incorporating | the | directors' | report) | 1 to 16 | |||
| Independent examiner's |
report to the | trustees | 17 | |||||
| Statement offinancial |
activities | (including | income | and expenditure | account) | 18 | ||
| Balance sheet | 19 | |||||||
| Notes to the financial | statements | 20to 27 |
| Reference | and adm | inistrative d |
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| Registered | charity | name | Ace (Anglia) | Limited | |
| Charity registration | number | 1153773 | |||
| Company | registration | number | 08436073 | ||
| Principal office and | registered | Red Gables | |||
| office | Ipswich Road | ||||
| Stowmarket | |||||
| Suffolk | |||||
| IP14 1BE | |||||
| The trustees |
| Ace Anglia Advisory | Ace Anglia Advisory | Group | ||||
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| H Turner - President | ||||||
| A Keighley | ||||||
| M Conquer | ||||||
| TDe Roy | ||||||
| S Largent | ||||||
| H Lucas | ||||||
| P Parker | ||||||
| Staff Team | ||||||
| A Clark - CEO | ||||||
| K Murray - HR and Operations | Director | |||||
| J Chew - Co-production | Project Lead/ TVS Advocate | |||||
| A Berrington - TVS Managing | Advocate | |||||
| BWarren - Senior TVS Advocate | ||||||
| A Irons - Senior | TVS Advocate | |||||
| C Warren - Bookkeeper | ||||||
| D Hill - Accessible Information |
Design Lead | |||||
| D Driver - Peer Educator | Project Lead | |||||
| A Oliver-Wilson | -Peer Educator Project Co-ordinator | |||||
| IAkers - Design | Co-ordinator | |||||
| Staff leaving | Ace during this period | |||||
| None | ||||||
| Self-Advocates/Peer | Educators | |||||
| H Lucas | ||||||
| J Mayo | ||||||
| S Largent | ||||||
| I Dunstan | ||||||
| M Conquer | ||||||
| Subcontractors | ||||||
| Thinklusive - M Clark |
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| Bankers | CAF Bank Ltd | |||||
| 25 Kings Hill Avenue |
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| King Hill |
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| West Mailing | ||||||
| Kent | ||||||
| ME194JQ | ||||||
| Scottish Widows | PLC | |||||
| PO Box883 | ||||||
| Leeds | ||||||
| LS1 9TY | ||||||
| Independent | examiner | L Thurston FCCA |
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| Lovewell Blake LLP | ||||||
| Chartered accountants |
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| First Floor Suite | ||||||
| 2 Hillside Business Park | ||||||
| Bury St Edmunds | ||||||
| IP32 TEA |
Ace (Anglia) Limited Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. annual report (incorporating the directors. report) [¢ontlmwdJ Year ended 31 March 2022 The whole tearn had worked extremely hard to rnake adjustments and find allemative ways of working with people with a learning disabilty and auttsm. This included suppoiting and teaching peop how to use technology. Self-advocales and staff wantèd to continue fo use these new skills that they had leamt to work more efficientty. safely, and convenientty- As Suffolk is a njral unty. travelling less cuts tsur DNJ8nisations carbon footprint. Sèlfthdvocacy- Achievements and performancè April 2021 "How Do We Heal" We won the Film Competition for Ihe"How Do We Heal- piece https'.ww.aceanglia.comlhow40-we*helpeveryone-heal4cs-film-competstion Education Ace advocates presented a 2hr Seminar al)out advocacy lo fiTst year social work Students at the University of Suffolk. Interviews Intervièwèd Georgia Chimbani IDirector ACSI htWs.'www.aceanglia.comlseb-interviews-georgia-chirrtJani-dirèctor-of-aduti-and<ommunity•services•for4u ffolk.county-coun¢il May 2021 Paradigm Review W8 Started the Paradigm consultation in May_ Ace organisèd se- advctates and kepl staff and trustees informed of the meets"ngs. June 2021 Skills For Care ACE presented at the Sknlis for ca online ¢ixrf8rence. The recording of the presenlation is hosted on thè Skills for care website https'.www.skillsforcare.org.ukJLeaming4leveh)pmertUongtsing-leaming-and4evelopmenVSuppDrbng-peopl vthh-8veryday-technologylsupporting-people4wtlFeveryday4echnology.aspx Fairer Access to heatthy Lelsure ActivOeS This is a new 1year pilot project funded by PublÉc Health Suffolk. Th• project is looking at barriers and good practice in 6 sport and leisure companies in Suffolk. W8 startèd by hosting an online coproduction session as a stsrb.ng point for planning the project. Plcnlc In the park To help petsple come back to our groups in safe and Comfortable settings we arranged a new style of outdoor meetin9. Ace Ipswich "Picnic in Park" was introduced and was a huge success. Approximately 20125 people cam8 81ong to the firsl event. htlps=wV.ace8ngIl3_wac8-ang1la-is-On-t0ur July 2021 The Future of Advocacy Consultstion AGe facilitated this online consultation for Suffolk County Council. 58 people attended an online meeting, We shared this inlomation and recording wth commissionets. Pienle In the Park We had another 4 of these group meebngs in July in Bury, StIMmatket, Felixstowe and Sudbury, the numbers varied as some people were still reluctant to meet in public. https:www.aceanglia.coml?s=picnic
| Plans for | future periods | |||||||||||
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| Implement | the paradigm recommendations |
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| Strengthen | the management structure |
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| Continue | to support the Learning Disability |
Strategy for | Suffolk | |||||||||
| Continue | to develop and strengthen the Learning |
Disability | Strategy | Focus Groups | ||||||||
| My Home | ||||||||||||
| My Life | ||||||||||||
| My Voice | ||||||||||||
| My Health | ||||||||||||
| Look for sustainable funding options for Ace |
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| Continue | to ensure people have a voice |
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| Continue | to work in co-production | |||||||||||
| Produce high quality accessible information |
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| Produce high quality film and media |
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| Employ more people with learning disabilities |
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| Support its staff team | ||||||||||||
| Strengthen | its trustee board |
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| Tosecure | funding to enable Ace to work in |
partnership | locally regionally | and nationally | ||||||||
| Explore digital opportunities. | ||||||||||||
| Introduce | the ideas and changes to self and group | advocacy developed | in previous | year. | ||||||||
| Work in |
coproduction with Powher and |
its | partner | organisations | to | secure | ongoing | formal | advocacy | |||
| contracts. |
| 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||
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| Unrestricted | |||||
| Note | funds 6 |
Total funds | Total funds f |
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| Income and endowments | |||||
| Donations and legacies |
5 | 354,317 | 354,317 | 334,978 | |
| Charitable activities |
6 | 126,240 | 126,240 | 132,726 | |
| Investment income |
7 | 35 | 35 | 157 | |
| Total income | 480,592 | 480,592 | 467,861 | ||
| Expenditure Chadtable activities |
8 | 433,755 | 433,755 | 361,713 | |
| Total expenditure | 433,755 | 433,755 | 361,713 | ||
| Net income and net movement | in funds | 46,837 | 46,837 | 106,148 | |
| Reconciliation offunds |
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| Total funds brought forward |
464,709 | 464,709 | 358,561 | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 511,546 | 511,546 | 464,709 |
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
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| Note | E | F | |||||
| Fixed assets | |||||||
| Tangible fixed assets | 10,143 | 9,668 | |||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Debtors | 12 | 40,286 | 74,749 | ||||
| Cash at bank and | in | hand | 476,948 | 392,269 | |||
| 517,234 | 467,018 | ||||||
| Creditors: Amounts | falling due within | ||||||
| one year | 13 | (15,831) | (11,977) | ||||
| Net current assets | 501,403 | 455,041 | |||||
| Total assets less | current liabilities | 511,546 | 464,709 | ||||
| Net assets | 511,546 | 464,709 | |||||
| Funds ofthe charity | |||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
511,546 | 464,709 | |||||
| Total charity funds | 15 | 511,546 | 464,709 |
| Ye | ar ended 31 March 2022 | ar ended 31 March 2022 | ar ended 31 March 2022 | ||||
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| 5. | Donations and legacies |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||||
| Funds | Funds f |
2022 | |||||
| Donations | |||||||
| Grants | |||||||
| Suffolk County Council |
151,610 | 151,610 | |||||
| NHS Ipswich | & East Suffolk CCG | 165,600 | 165,600 | ||||
| West Suffolk | CCG | 12,680 | 12,680 | ||||
| NHS England | & NHS Improvements | 8,205 | 8,205 | ||||
| Learning Disability |
England | 3,300 | 3,300 | ||||
| Other Grants | 12,922 | 12,922 | |||||
| 354,317 | 354,317 | ||||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||||
| Fundsf | Funds f |
2021 | |||||
| Donations | |||||||
| Donations | 526 | 526 | |||||
| Grants | |||||||
| Suffolk County Council |
145,650 | 145,650 | |||||
| NHS Ipswich | 8 East Suffolk CCG | 132,540 | 132,540 | ||||
| West Suffolk | CCG | 16,450 | 16,450 | ||||
| NHS England | & NHS Improvements | 24,085 | 24,085 | ||||
| Norfolk & Suffolk FT | 4,440 | 4,440 | |||||
| Learning Disability |
England | 2,427 | 2,427 | ||||
| Other Grants | 8,860 | 8,860 | |||||
| 334,978 | 334,978 | ||||||
| 6. | Charitable activities |
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||
| Funds f |
2022 | Funds f |
2021 f |
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| Advocacy and | other services | 126,240 | 126,240 | 132,726 | 132,726 | ||
| 7. | Investment income |
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||
| Funds | 2022 | Funds | 2021 | ||||
| 6 | 9 | 6 | f | ||||
| Interest on bank deposits | 35 | 35 | 157 | 157 |
| Ye | ar ended 31 March 20 | ar ended 31 March 20 | 22 | ||||
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| 8. | Expenditure on charitable |
activities | |||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||
| Funds 6 |
2022 6 |
Funds 6 |
2021 f |
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| Staff costs | 336,948 | 336,948 | 263,864 | 263,864 | |||
| Stafftravel expenses |
5,580 | 5,580 | 3,215 | 3,215 | |||
| Staff and advocate training | 684 | 684 | 1,577 | 1,577 | |||
| Staff recruitment | 792 | 792 | 1,084 | 1,084 | |||
| Transport costs | 188 | 188 | 44 | 44 | |||
| Finance charges | 1,823 | 1,823 | 1,796 | 1,796 | |||
| Venue hire | 118 | 118 | |||||
| Professional fees |
15,655 | 15,655 | 16,011 | 16,011 | |||
| Support costs | 71,967 | 71,967 | 74,122 | 74, 122 | |||
| 433,755 | 433,755 | 361,713 | 361,713 | ||||
| Analysis ofsupport costs |
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| 2022f | 2021f | ||||||
| Rent | 9,522 | 12,996 | |||||
| Telephone | 5,049 | 5,843 | |||||
| Postage and stationery | 1,819 | 1,156 | |||||
| Insurance | 1,972 | 1,962 | |||||
| Computer costs |
35,361 | 41,904 | |||||
| Sundry expenses | 5,019 | 4,106 | |||||
| Depreciation Independent examination |
fee | 4,117 2,406 |
3,320 1,860 |
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| Bad debt write off | 6,702 | 975 | |||||
| 71,967 | 74,122 |
| Staff cos | ts | |||||
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| The total | staff costs and | employee | benefits for the reporting | period are analysed | as follows: | |
| 2022 6 |
2021 f |
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| Wages and salaries | 306,566 | 241,019 | ||||
| Social security costs | 23,941 | 17,746 | ||||
| Employer | contributions | to pension | plans | 6,441 | 5,099 | |
| 336,948 | 263,864 |
| 11. | Tangible fixed asset | s | ||
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| Office | ||||
| equipment | ||||
| Cost | ||||
| At 1 April 2021 | 32,868 | |||
| Additions | 4,592 | |||
| At 31 March 2022 | 37,460 | |||
| Depreciation | ||||
| At 1 April 2021 | 23,200 | |||
| Charge for the year | 4,117 | |||
| At 31 March 2022 | 27,317 | |||
| Carrying amount |
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| At 31 March 2022 | 10,143 | |||
| At 31 March 2021 | 9,668 | |||
| 12. | Debtors | |||
| 2022 f |
2021 F |
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| Trade debtors | 26,710 | 70,100 | ||
| Prepayments and accrued income |
13,576 | 4,649 | ||
| 40,286 | 74,749 | |||
| 13. | Creditors: Amounts | falling due within one year | ||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
| Trade creditors | 4,704 | 4,223 | ||
| Accruals and deferred |
income | 2,034 | 1,818 | |
| Social security and other taxes | 7,756 | 4,912 | ||
| Other creditors | 1,337 | 1,024 | ||
| 15,831 | 11,977 |
| Yea | r ended 31 March | r ended 31 March | 2022 | |||||
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| 15. | Analysis ofcharitable | funds | ||||||
| Year ended | 31 March | 2022 | ||||||
| Genera Ifunds |
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| At 1 April | At 31 March | |||||||
| 2021f | Income | Expenditure 6 |
Transfers 6 |
2022f | ||||
| General Funds |
364,554 | 464,442 | (427,735) | 401,261 | ||||
| Designated | funds | |||||||
| At 1 April | At 31 March | |||||||
| 2021 | Income | Expenditure | Transfers | 2022 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | F | E | |||||
| Contingency | Funds | 70,525 | 70,525 | |||||
| Big Messages | 9,090 | 9,090 | ||||||
| Accessible | Information | 20,540 | 16,150 | (6,020) | 30,670 | |||
| 100,155 | 16,150 | (6,020) | 110,285 | |||||
| Total funds | 464,709 | 480,592 | (433,755) | 511,546 | ||||
| Year ended | 31 March | 2021 | ||||||
| General funds | ||||||||
| At 1 April | At 31 March | |||||||
| 2020 f |
Income f |
Expenditure | Transfers | 2021 8 |
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| GeneralFunds | 278,946 | 447,011 | (361,403) | 364,554 | ||||
| Designated | funds | |||||||
| At 1 April | At 31 March | |||||||
| 2020 f |
Income 6 |
Expendituref | Transfers | 2021 | ||||
| Contingency | Funds | 70,525 | 70,525 | |||||
| Big Messages | 9,090 | 9,090 | ||||||
| Accessible | Information | 20,850 | (310) | 20,540 | ||||
| 79,615 | 20,850 | (310) | 100,155 | |||||
| Total funds | 358,561 | 467,861 | (361,713) | 464,709 |
| As at 31 INarch 2022 | |||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2022 | |
| 8 | 5 | ||
| Tangible fixed assets | 10,143 | 10,143 | |
| Current assets | 501,403 | 501,403 | |
| Net Assets | 511,546 | 511,546 | |
| As at 31 March 2021 | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds 5 |
Fundsf | 2021f | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 9,668 | 9,668 | |
| Current assets | 455,041 | 455,041 | |
| Net Assets | 464,709 | 464,709 |
| Operating lea |
se commit | ments | ||||
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| The total future | minimum | lease payments | under non-cancellable | operating | leases are as | follows: |
| 2022 | 2021 f |
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| Not later than | 1 year | 1,440 | 114 | |||
| Later than 1 year and not |
later than 5years | 2,880 | ||||
| 4,320 | 114 |