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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary|ofthe purposes of||Para 1.17|The objects ofthe Corbridge Youth Initiative|
|the charity as set out||in its||CIO are to support and educate young people|
|governing|document|||without discrimination
on any grounds.
This|
|||||is achieved through
leisure time activities|
|||||which develop young people's physical,|
|||||mental
and spiritual
capabilities so that they|
|||||may grow to full maturity
as individuals
and|
|||||members ofsociety and enable their|
|||||conditions oflife to be im roved.|
|Summary|ofthe main||Para 1.17and|Corbridge
Youth
Initiative
provides
age-|
|activities|in relation to those||1.19|appropriate
activities on 4 evenings
/week
in|
|purposes for the public||||term time and during
parts ofschool holiday|
|benefit, in particular,||the||periods
for young
people
from
ages 9-18.|
|activities,|projects or|services||Young
people
have
access
to
their
own|
|identified|in the accounts.|||premises
in the centre of the village
staffed|
|||||by qualified
youth
workers.
Numbers
have|
|||||built up once again after the problems ofthe|
|||||pandemic
so that
120+ young
people
are|
|||||attending
each week.|
|||||There are 4 Juniors
groups
covering
school|
|||||years 5-8, a Girls'
group, 2 Seniors groups,|
|||||and the reinstatement
ofthe Allotment
group|
|||||now
that
the
flood
restoration
work
is|
|||||complete.|
|||||Support
at QEHS, 1-1 mentoring
and help|
|||||with job applications
continues. The Summer|
|||||Scheme
provides
activities
for
3
weeks|
|||||during the summer.|
|||||The public benefit is that without
Corbridge|
|||||Youth Initiative
and its qualified
staff, young|
|||||people
in
Corbridge
would
not
have
the|
|||||support
and
opportunities
that
are
made|
|||||available to them through
this project.|
|Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees keep in mind the Charity|
|whether the trustees have had||||Commission's
uidance on
ublic benefit|
|regard to the guidance|issued|and actively|monitor the programme|for its|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|by the Charity Commission||inclusiveness|and openness. The responses of||
|on public benefit||the young people, ofstakeholders
and of|||
|||members ofthe public, to the work|||
|||undertaken,|are monitored
through|feedback|
|||and through|independently
assessed||
|||monitorin|||
|Additional|Additional|information|(optional)|(optional)||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma|choose to include|||further statements|where relevant about:|||
|||||SORP||||
|||||reference||||
||||||N/A|||
|Policy on|grant making|||Para 1.38||||
||||||Surplus
funds which are not immediately|||
|Policy on|social investment|||Para 1.38|required to pay for activities are|placed on||
|including|program related||||deposit to earn interest.|||
|investment||||||||
||||||Volunteers
are
a
significant|part
of|the|
||||||support
system of the charity.|There is|an|
|Contribution||made by||Para 1.38|active
fundraising
committee
of volunteers|||
|volunteers|||||from
the community.
This group
organises|||
||||||events
throughout
the year and|raises
funds||
||||||to benefit young people by helping to finance|||
||||||the
Summer
Scheme
and
by|keeping|the|
||||||profile of the charity to the forefront of||the|
||||||minds ofmembers ofthe community.|||
||||||Businesses
in the community
are also active|||
||||||supporters
of the
project
by|helping|to|
||||||organize fundraising
activities.|||
||||||Volunteers
have also worked to|reinstate|the|
||||||project's allotment
after the flood prevention|||
||||||work.
This has enabled
the young people||to|
||||||start
developing
the allotment,|growing
fruit||
||||||and vegetables
and using it for|barbecues|in|
||||||the summer.|||
||||||Volunteers
also play arole in leading|||
||||||occasional specialist sessions for the benefit|||
||||||ofthe young people, with youth|leaders in||
||||||attendance|||
|Other||||||||
|||||SORP||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||reference||
||||||Corbridge is viewed as an affluent village but|
||||||in fact a significant
proportion ofthe resident|
||||||families
live
in social
housing,
have
low|
|Summary|ofthe main||||incomes
and
many
are
single|
|achievements|||ofthe charity,||parent/separated
families on the periphery of|
|identifying||the difference the||Para 1.20|the local
community
without
transport
and|
|charity's|work has made to||||suffering
rural and social isolation.|
|the circumstances ofits|||||CYI Youth and Community
Centre offers an|
|beneficiaries|||and any wider||easily accessible safe place within the village|
|benefits|to society as a||||where all young people can attend,
whatever|
|whole.|||||the income
background
of the family.
The|
||||||charity
connects
with
young
people
and|
||||||offers support
to all, including
those who are|
||||||known to be vulnerable
for whatever
reason.|
||||||Strong contacts have been made with multi-|
||||||disciplinary
agencies to ease access for those|
||||||needing specialist help.|
||||||The project in 2022-3 is staffed by a senior|
||||||youth worker and all staff employed
with the|
||||||young people have appropriate
qualifications|
||||||for the work in which they are engaged.
All|
||||||are IT literate
and the staff know
the area|
||||||very well and the problems
that face families|
||||||and young people.|
||||||Juniors
(4
groups
from
years
5,6,7,8,in|
||||||different
sessions)
Basic cooking
and
craft|
||||||skills,
games,
mini
fundraising
challenges,|
||||||and trips out to activities for which the group|
||||||has
raised
money.
Opportunities
are|
||||||provided
to enable
young
people
to relax|
||||||after school
and mix with
friends
in a safe|
||||||environment,
to learn
mutual
respect,
learn|
||||||about
online
behaviour
and have access to|
||||||health discussions.|
||||||Seniors (2 groups
years 9,10+ at the start of|
||||||this period, reducing
to 1 group later) Young|
||||||people
can relax
with
friends,
play
pool,|
||||||enjoy
team
games,
access
health
and|
||||||relationship
information
and
support,
and|
||||||have access to small
group discussions
with|
||||||youth workers.
Learn about dangers
online,|
||||||access to contraception
through
C card and|
||||||STI screening
and where necessary access to|
||||||other agencies.|
||||||Allotment
Group
This is now
reinstated.|
||||||Young people can develop the site and grow|
||||||fruit
and
vegetables
as
well
as
hold|
||||||barbecues
and meet outdoors
in the summer|
||||||months.
At times
they
are able to enter|
||||||produce in the Village Show.|
||||||Girls'
Group
This
group
enables
girls
to|
||||||mix
and
develo
confidence,
to
discuss|
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|You ma|choose to include|choose to include|further statements|where|relevant|relevant|about|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||By|the|provision
of||the facilities,|the||well|
|||||qualified||staff and activities described||||above,||
|Achievements||against||the|charity||achieves|its
objectives||to|the|
|objectives|set||Para 1.41|benefit ofthe|||participants.|||||
|||||By|the|provision
of||the facilities,|the||well|
|||||qualified||staff and activities described||||above,||
|Performance||offundraising||the|charity||achieves|its
objectives||to|the|
|activities against objectives||||benefit ofthe|||participants.|||||
|set|||Para 1.41|||||||||
|||||The|only|investments||that the charity||makes||
|||||is in|the|form|ofbank|deposits to gain||||
|Investment|performance|||interest||||||||
|against objectives|||Para 1.41|||||||||
|Other||||||||||||
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|Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's||||Para 1.21|The Reaching Communities
Lottery grant|
|financial position at the end|||||ended in June 2022 and since then the charity|
|ofthe period|||||has had to apply for small grants from a|
||||||range offunders,
such as The Ballinger|
||||||Trust, The Barbour Foundation,
ECBelford|
||||||Trust, Hadrian
Trust, Garfield Weston|
||||||Foundation,
Sir James Knott Trust,|
||||||Community
Foundation.
The Parish Council|
||||||and local organisations
have also helped
to|
||||||cover the year's finances as well as relying|
||||||on local donors.
It is labour intensive work,|
||||||much ofit carried out by trustees.|
||||||Some ofour reserves have been required to|
||||||pay long awaited bills for heating and|
||||||maintenance
only recently sent to us by our|
||||||landlord
Northumberland
County Council.|
||||||In April 2023 there were sufficient
funds to|
||||||keep the project open for a further year but|
||||||ongoing regular fundraising
is vital to give|
||||||security for the work ofthe project and to|
||||||em lo
the staff necess
to run the
ro'ect.|
|Statement
explaining
the||||Para 1.22|Corbridge Youth Initiative Trustees have|
|policy for holding||reserves|||determined
that an appropriate
level offree|
|stating why|they are held||||reserves should be equivalent
to not less than|
||||||six months operating
costs plus a sum for|
||||||exit costs. Our policy is therefore to build up|
||||||this fund again and when it reaches this level|
||||||to maintain
the reserves which will be carried|
||||||forward for future core activities as identified|
||||||by the Trustees. This policy will be reviewed|
||||||annually
to ensure that it still meets the needs|
||||||ofthe
ro'ect.|
|Amount ofreserves||held||Para 1.22|f.15,000|
|Reasons for|holding zero|||Para 1.22|N/A|
|reserves||||||
|Details offund materially|||in|Para 1.24|N/A|
|deficit||||||
|Explanation|ofany|||Para 1.23|There are anumber ofchallenges
facing the|
|uncertainties|about|the|||charity.|
|charity continuing||as agoing|||1 The necessity to be constantly
fundraising|
|concern|||||from a variety ofsmall funders rather than|
||||||having a single large reliable funding
source|
||||||leads to uncertainty
about the financial|
||||||welfare ofthe charity for long term|
||||||development
work.|
||||||2The Senior Youth and Development|
||||||Worker lefi asofMarch 2023 to take up a|
||||||role as a social worker and the post has tobe|
||||||advertised
and appointment
ofa suitable|
||||||candidate
made.|
||||||3 Negotiations
about the lease renewal
are|
||||||still ongoing with Northumberland
County|
||||||Council. Ithas been decided to renew for I|
|year only whilst different premises
are|
|---|
|considered
because ofthe unsatisfactory|
|maintenance
and penalizing
charges from|
|NCC.|
|4The premises need maintenance
from damp|
|which the landlord
has failed to carry out.|
|This is compromising
the plasterwork
and|
|threatening
to make it unsafe.|
|The trustees monitor
all these issues at|
|regular meetings to safeguard
against such|
|failures. Funding bids are prepared
regularly|
|to cover the costs ofthe service, its changing|
|needs and to upgrade facilities.
Discussions|
|about the renewal ofthe lease ordifferent|
|premises are under consideration
and|
|repeated requests have been made for|
|essential maintenance.
Adverts have been|
|prepared to recruit a new senior youth|
|worker.|
|You ma
ch|oose|to|include fu|rther statements|where relevant about:||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||ECBelford Trust, The Ballinger Trust, The||
||||||Barbour Foundation,
Hadrian Trust, Garfield||
|The charity's|principal||||Weston Foundation,
SirJames Knott Trust,||
|sources offunds||(including|||Community
Foundation.
The Parish Council||
|any fundraising)||||Para 1.47|and local organisations.
Volunteer||
||||||fundraising
also raised K6,000for CYI Irom||
||||||arange offundraising
events, some||
||||||conducted
asjoint activities with other||
||||||charities in Corbridge,
which gives greater||
||||||reach for
ublic su
ort.||
||||||CYIdoes not invest in the stock market or in||
||||||social investment
funds.||
|Investment
policy and|||||||
|objectives including|||any||||
|social investment||policy||Para 1.46|||
|adopted|||||||
||||||The principal
risk is the failure to secure||
||||||adequate
finance to employ the suitably||
|A description ofthe|||principal||qualified staff required to lead the project.||
|risks facing|the charity|||Para 1.46|Adequate
finance is also required to pay the||
||||||rental and heating costs ofthe premises.||
||||||Further risks would be the loss ofthe||
||||||premises which are rented Irom||
||||||Northumberland
County Council before||
||||||other suitable accommodation
is secured.||
||||||The possibility ofa failure in safeguarding|or|
||||||failure in leadership
and appeal to young||
||||||people are also issues which are monitored.||
||||||An Away Day with the young people has||
||||||enabled us to draft our business
plan and||
||||||ro
ere uirements.||
||The trustees|meet|quarterly|and sub|and sub|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||committees|more|frequently,||to monitor|
||accounts, staffing,||programme||and activities.|
||Policies and|procedures
are||also monitored||
||and u dated|to|to minimize||all such risks|
|Other||||||
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|Description ofcharity's|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||||||||
|Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution|adopted||August|||2"|2013||
|trust deed
ro al charter|||||||||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated|||Organisation|||||
|constituted?|||||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated|||||||||||
|association, C10|||||||||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Trustees|are|recruited|||with||regard|to|
|including
details ofany||appropriate|skills, knowledge|||||and experience|||
|constitutional
provisions e.g.||needed
to|administer|||the charity CIO. They|||||
|election to post or name of||are interviewed||by|at|least|two||trustees|and|
|any person orbody entitled||are
appointed||at||the||AGM||aller|
|to appoint one ormore||recommendation|||by|the|||interviewers.||
|trustees||Trustees can be||re-appointed||||to|post every 4||
|||years
aller|nomination|||and||election
at the|||
|||AGM.|||||||||
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|You ma|choose to includ|e fur|ther statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Prospective trustees are given acopy ofthe|
|||||CYIconstitution
and are referred to the|
|Policies|and procedures|||Charity Commission
website and advised to|
|adopted|for the induction|and||read the publication
"The Essential Trustee".|
|training|oftrustees||Para 1.51|DBSchecks are carried out snd there is a|
|||||child protection policy in place. A member of|
|||||the trustees will also discuss roles and|
|||||responsibilities
ofatrustee. There is astaff|
|||||handbook ofCYIpolicies and procedures|
|||||which is available to trustees.|
|||||The
charity's
trustees
give|The
charity's
trustees
give|their|time|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||voluntarily
and
receive
no||benefits|or|
|The charity's|organisational|||remuneration.
They
work
on||a variety|of|
|structure
and|any wider|||committees
eg
sta%ng,||management,||
|network with|which the||Para 1.51|fundraising,
all of which
complete
minutes||||
|charity works||||and
report
back to the trustees||at quarterly||
|||||trustee meetings,
where minutes||are also kept.||
|||||Trustees
take advice
to revise||policies|and|
|||||procedures
regularly
to bring||them
in|line|
|||||with
current
legislation
and||the
Charity||
|||||Commission's
requirements.||||
|||||The chair ofthe charity meets|regularly||with|
|||||the
senior
youth
worker
to|supervise||and|
|||||monitor
the delivery of the programme|||and|
|||||discuss any issues which have arisen.||||
|||||The charity works on occasions||with Hexham||
|||||Youth
Initiative,
local
middle
and|||high|
|||||schools,
Tynedale
Youth
Forum,
Corbridge||||
|||||Health
Centre, Co-op Foodshare||programme,||
|||||Children's
Services,
CAB,||DWP|and|
|||||Northumberland
Youth
Service,
Jobcentre||||
|||||Plus,
Northumbria
Police,
Northumberland||||
|||||Homefinder/Homeless
Team,||Adult
Social||
|||||Services.||||
|||||The
Charity
works
with
Corbridge
Cricket||||
|||||Club
and
Charlotte
Straker||Project|on|
|||||fundraising
events.||||
|||||N/A||||
|Relationship|with any related|||||||
|parties|||Para 1.51|||||
|||||N/A||||
|Other||||||||
|Reference and Administrative|||details|||||
|Charity name|||Corbridge Youth Initiative CIO|||||
|Other name the charity uses|||CYI|||||
|Registered charity||number||||||
||||1154200|||||
|Charity's
principal||address||||||
||||Corbridge Youth Initiative, Youth and Community|||Centre,||
||||Hill Street, Corbridge,
Northumberland.
NE45 5AA|||||
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|ames|ofthe charity trust|ees who manage the|charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for
whole year|Name ofperson (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee
ifan|||
|||||The trustees themselves||and|
||Sean Soulsby|Chair||CYImembers|at the AGM||
|||||when positions|are confirmed||
|||||by election.|||
|2|||||||
||Amends Senior|Treasurer|1/04/22-15/12/22||||
|3|||||||
||Rosemary Rayfield|Secretary|||||
|4|Maurice Hodgson||1/04/22-15/12/22||||
|5|Olwen Hendry||1/04/22-15/12/22||||
|6|Richard-Hart-||1/04/22-15/12/22||||
||Jackson||||||
|7|William||||||
||Cunningham||||||
|8|||||||
||Karren Spowart||||||
|9|Clive Robertson||1/04/22-15/12/22||||
|10|||||||
||Chris Nevis||||||
|11|||||||
||Helen Mason||||||
|12|||||||
||Lisa Graham||||||
|13|||||||
|14|||||||
|15|||||||
|16|||||||
|17|||||||
|18|||||||
|19|||||||
|20|||||||
|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers|trustees on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|---|
|Description ofthe assets|held||
|in this capacity||N/A|
|Name and objects ofthe|||
|charity on whose behalf|the|N/A|
|assets are held and how this|||
|falls within the custodian|||
|charity's objects|||
|Details ofarrangements|for||
|safe custody and segregation||N/A|
|ofsuch assets from the|||
|charity's
own assets|||
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|Type of|Name|Address||
|---|---|---|---|
|adviser||||
|Independent|John Liddle|Woodbine House, Riding Mill, Northumberland,||
|external||NE44 6EE||
|financial||||
|examiner||||
|Independent|Mandy Senior|7,Stonecroft, Horsley, Northumberland.|NE15 OAF|
|treasurer||||
|Independent|Catherine|||
|Strategic|Merchant|||
|Planning||||
|Adviser||||
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|Business receipts|60,976.78|
|---|---|
|Business payments|86,331.09|
|Cash deficit generated
by the business|25,354.31|
|Net cash inflow|25,354.31|
|Bank and cash balance at 1April 2022|75,575.91|
|Bank and cash balance at 31March 2023|50,221.60|
|Increase in bank and cash balances for the period|25,354.31|
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|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Receipts 86 Payments|||01April 2021|01April 2022|
||||31March 2022|31March 2023|
||||g|6|
|Income|||||
|Premises - Rental|Income||250.00|3016|
|Sessions|||||
|Donations|||597.00|3,548.00|
|Grants|||43,504.70|47,205.54|
|Fundraising|||3,475.95|10,094.85|
|HMRC IRSGrant|||549.32||
|Miscellaneous
-interest, refunds, trips|||655.76|98.39|
||||49,032.73|60,976.78|
|Expenditure|||||
|Premises/Administration|||9,525.36|32,095A6|
|Costs ofsessions|/ Stafff ng||49,991.51|43,480.41|
|Consumables|||4,653.06|1,224.97|
|Allotment
costs||||1,740.13|
|Training|||||
|Fundraising
costs|||1,296.00|2,452.14|
|Trips/Workshops|||721.50|1,406.50|
|Transport|||515.60|1,981AB|
|Sessions and centre running||costs|4,040.00|95D.DD|
||||70,744.03|06M150|
|Net Income|||(21,711.30(|(25,35431)|
|Balance brought|forward||97,287.21|75,575.91|
|Balance carried forward|||75,575.91|50,054.53|
|Current
Account|||4,712A4|19,515A3|
|Deposit Account|||70,469.13|30,539.10|
|Petty Cash|||394.34|167.07|
||||55 . 1|50511.6D|
|Being restricted funds:|||||
|Staff|||||
|Project Co-ordinator|||12,843.06|12,937.11|
|Sessional staff|||7,034.38|12,646.35|
|Allotment|||3,092.04|1,552.04|
|Premises|||11,244.50|2,602.94|
|Sessions/Resources|||13,203.90||
|Youth Focus NE|||||
|Fundraising||||5,316.09|
|Grants|||||
|Lottery Grant|||2,158.03||
|Reserves|||26,000.00|15,000.00|
||||7 575.91|5005 .|
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|||2023||2022||2021||2020||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Current Account|E|19,515.43|E|4,712.44|E|6,431.50|E|4,803.58|E|4,703.12|
|Bank De osit Account|E|30,539.10|E|70,469.13|E|90,461.37|E|42,940.53|E|43,358.75|
|Cash|E|167.07|E|394.34|E|394.34|E|473.80|E|318.61|
|TOTAL|E|50,221.60|E|75,575.91|E|97,287.21|E|48,217.91|E|48,380.48|
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|Business receipts|60,976.78|
|---|---|
|Business payments|86,331.09|
|Cash deficit generated
by the business|25,354.31|
|Net cash inflow|25,354.31|
|Bank and cash balance at 1April 2022|75,575.91|
|Bank and cash balance at 31March 2023|50,221.60|
|Increase in bank and cash balances for the period|25,354.31|
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|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|Corbrldge youth Initiative 2022-23|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Receipts 86 Payments|||01April 2021|01April 2022|
||||31March 2022|31March 2023|
||||g|6|
|Income|||||
|Premises - Rental|Income||250.00|3016|
|Sessions|||||
|Donations|||597.00|3,548.00|
|Grants|||43,504.70|47,205.54|
|Fundraising|||3,475.95|10,094.85|
|HMRC IRSGrant|||549.32||
|Miscellaneous
-interest, refunds, trips|||655.76|98.39|
||||49,032.73|60,976.78|
|Expenditure|||||
|Premises/Administration|||9,525.36|32,095A6|
|Costs ofsessions|/ Stafff ng||49,991.51|43,480.41|
|Consumables|||4,653.06|1,224.97|
|Allotment
costs||||1,740.13|
|Training|||||
|Fundraising
costs|||1,296.00|2,452.14|
|Trips/Workshops|||721.50|1,406.50|
|Transport|||515.60|1,981AB|
|Sessions and centre running||costs|4,040.00|95D.DD|
||||70,744.03|06M150|
|Net Income|||(21,711.30(|(25,35431)|
|Balance brought|forward||97,287.21|75,575.91|
|Balance carried forward|||75,575.91|50,054.53|
|Current
Account|||4,712A4|19,515A3|
|Deposit Account|||70,469.13|30,539.10|
|Petty Cash|||394.34|167.07|
||||55 . 1|50511.6D|
|Being restricted funds:|||||
|Staff|||||
|Project Co-ordinator|||12,843.06|12,937.11|
|Sessional staff|||7,034.38|12,646.35|
|Allotment|||3,092.04|1,552.04|
|Premises|||11,244.50|2,602.94|
|Sessions/Resources|||13,203.90||
|Youth Focus NE|||||
|Fundraising||||5,316.09|
|Grants|||||
|Lottery Grant|||2,158.03||
|Reserves|||26,000.00|15,000.00|
||||7 575.91|5005 .|
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|||2023||2022||2021||2020||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Current Account|E|19,515.43|E|4,712.44|E|6,431.50|f|4,803.58|E|4,703.12|
|Bank De osit Account|f|30,539.10|E|70,469.13|E|90,461.37|f|42,940.53|E|43,358.75|
|Cash|E|167.07|E|394.34|E|394.34|E|473.80|E|318.61|
|TOTAL|E|50,221.60|f|75,575.91|E|97,287.21|E|48,217.91|f|48,380.48|