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2023-08-31-accounts

Incorporating

LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

ANNUAL REPORT AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023

Company Number: 9166520 Charity Number: 1162372

Contents

TRUSTEE REPORT 1
INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT 8
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY 12
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 13
BALANCE SHEET 14
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT 15
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 16

LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

TRUSTEE REPORT

The Trustees present their report, together with the financial statements, for the year ended 31 August 2023.

Following the acquisition of the subsidiary company Paint Pots Pre-School and Nursery Ltd in February 2022, in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the company passed a resolution to change its financial year-end from 31 December 2022 to 31 August 2022, to align with that of the subsidiary company. As a result of this, the previous financial period covers 8 months with the current year from 01 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 covering a full calendar year.

This combined report satisfies the legal requirements for:

Legal Objects

The principal objects of the charitable company are:

The company was incorporated on 07 August 2014 and registered as a charity on 24 June 2015. The company commenced trading/activity in December 2017 as the Winchester Social Enterprise. This name was legally changed to Launchpad Social Enterprise (“LSE”) on 25 November 2021.

Given that one of LSE’s charitable objects is to advance education, the directors are confident (having had regard to Charity Commission guidance) that the Charity delivers public benefit through carrying out its aims and business strategies.

Strategic Aims

In general terms, the charity was set up with the aim of supporting social transformation for the common good by running some activities of its own as well as helping local churches to run their own activities, by providing training, and running a range of socially enterprising activities of its own that will sustain the organisation in the long term.

The LSE board has agreed a long-term strategy in which the primary focus of its work is on developing an early years’ offer (nurseries and pre-schools). The Church of England has a great deal of experience in primary and secondary education, but the early years element is not consistent. By making this a

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key focus, LSE can offer expertise across a range of settings including in areas of disadvantage, as well as richer areas, and aim to work as a self-funding, trading, social enterprise with benefits for the people (children, parents, and staff), the planet (in terms of policies and activities which are environmentally and community friendly) while making a surplus which is reinvested back into work of the charity, and securing its own long-term sustainability.

Strategic Risks and Uncertainties

The Directors are responsible for the identification, mitigation and management of risk. To achieve this, a register of the risks identified is maintained and, alongside it, a management and mitigation strategy formed. This is subject to review by the Directors on a regular basis with the responsibility for delivery of the mitigation strategies identified by it, being delegated to the Executive Director and through him, other responsible officers. The following areas are considered to be the current highest strategic risk areas for the charity and its subsidiary undertaking:

Activities and Achievements in the period

Following LSE’s acquisition of Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery (“Paint Pots”) as a wholly owned subsidiary company in February 2022 with nine early years’ settings, mainly in the Southampton area, the three Launchpad preschools were transferred into Paint Pots from 01 September 2022. The financial year for LSE was also moved in the prior year to match that of Paint Pots. Our entire early years work, therefore, including all staff, is now within Paint Pots. LSE is the holding charitable company which currently has no employed staff. It is managed by the LSE board and the executive director, who together oversee the work of Paint Pots and its board meetings. Four LSE board meetings took place in the period.

This financial year has been one in which consolidation and stabilisation under the new arrangements has continued. Paint Pots is continuing to work well and thrive despite the many challenges being faced by the sector as a whole and felt most acutely in the recruitment and retention of early years staff and in the funding rates received from government via local authorities. Paint Pots has a good reputation and staff enjoy working in it. Pay scales are in the middle of the range. The greatest challenge in 2022/23 was the way the government increased the National Minimum Wage, which led to an overall pay rise for some staff of 9.8%. This was a statutory change and we had no choice but to increase our pay scales. We have two sources of funding to contribute towards covering the costs of this, local authority funding, which only increased by 4.6%, and parental fees which, given the areas we serve and the cost of living challenges faced by everyone, were increased by 8%. This inevitably meant that a proportion of the increased salary costs would impact profit this year and it is duly lower than in the very good year after COVID in 2021/22. In essence, it is the scale of our work that makes us resilient.

During the year, the updated branding for Paint Pots was cascaded out to more of the settings. We were delighted to open a new pre-school setting at St Mark’s new School in Southampton. In fact,

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there had been a Paint Pots setting there previously, which moved to Testwood Road, while the school was rebuilt as an all through school. This proved quickly popular and is already almost full.

The decision was taken to close the pre-school in the village of Appleshaw near Andover as numbers were consistently lower and key staff were leaving. We therefore now have six nurseries (0-5s, 51 weeks/year) and six preschools (3-5s term time only).

Fundraising Statement

The charity does not undertake any formal or organised fundraising activities, either directly or through a professional fundraiser or commercial participator or any person acting on its behalf. The charity does not engage in cold calling, door-to-door or street fundraising. Therefore, it does not target any vulnerable people.

No complaints about fundraising activities have been received in either this or the preceding year. However, if a complaint were to be received, we would undertake to resolve it promptly and envisage that there would never be any need for any complaint to escalate to the stage of referral to the regulator.

Financial Review

Launchpad Social Enterprise did not require a support grant from Winchester DBF’s Social Responsibility Fund in 2023 (2022: £100,000). For 2023, the Launchpad settings and activities were transferred to the subsidiary company.

Paint Pots donated £200,000 via Gift Aid to the parent charity LSE thereby partly reducing its liability for corporation tax.

Total income for the year amounted to £3,935,774 (8 months to 31 August 2022: £2,340,899) and total expenditure for the year amounted to £3,929,055 (8 months to 31 August 2022: £2,011,392).

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus for the year of £6,719 (8 months to 31 August 2022: £329,507). Trading income has increased over the previous period.

The total income of the Charity for the period was £201,400 (2022: £335,050) and the net result of the Charity was a surplus of £131,216 (2022: surplus £73,116).

At the year end, the Group holds funds of £371,971 (2022: £365,252) and the Charity holds total funds of £240,077 (2022: £108,861). All funds are unrestricted.

Reserves policy

Unrestricted funds:

All of the charity’s reserves are unrestricted, meaning that they are freely available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes.

The Charity does not currently have a formal reserves policy in place but is working towards this with the aim of holding free reserves equivalent of three months expenditure, taking into consideration financial risk, liquidity requirement and the timing of cashflows. At 31 August 2023, the balance of free reserves for the Group was £76,767 (2022: £74,563). At 31 August 2023, the balance of free reserves for the Charity was £124,393 (2022: nil).

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This balance represents the equivalent of less than one month of budgeted expenses for the charity and its subsidiary undertaking. The charity has been dependent upon the support of Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance in the past, but this should not be the case going forward due to as the financial commitments of the Charity are reducing and gradually being transferred to the subsidiary undertaking.

Structure, Governance and Management

Launchpad Social Enterprise is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated the 07 August 2014 and operating under a Memorandum and Articles of Association altered pursuant to Special Resolution on the 05 September 2019. (Company no . 09166520 ; Charity no. 1162372). The board agreed to change the name of the company from Winchester Social Enterprise to Launchpad Social Enterprise in October 2021. The trustees, who served during the period are set out on page 5. Except for two ex officio trustees, and the Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance as a corporate trustee, the remaining majority of trustees, are independent and appointed by the current trustee body.

Decision making structure

Section 172 of the Companies Act requires trustees to act in a way they consider, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the charity to achieve its charitable purposes. In doing so the Board of Trustees delegates day to-day management and decision-making to the Executive Director and Management Team, who are required to act in furtherance of the Charity’s strategy and to ensure that the Charity’s activities are carried out in compliance with agreed plans and policies. The trustees receive updates on the Charity’s performance and plans at each Board meeting.

Trustee recruitment, selection and induction

Trustees are selected on the basis of skills, knowledge and networks. They are given induction and provided with training as appropriate. All Trustees are required maintain their entry in the record of declarations of interest.

LSE staff

Canon Nick Ralph’s role as Executive Director on a half time basis (shared with Portsmouth CSR) continues. Liz McCarthy, Operations Manager, and all the other LSE staff of the three Launchpad settings transferred to Paint Pots employment on 01 September 2022. LSE is grateful to many others who have given their time, support, and expertise to help move this work forward.

Remuneration Policy

The Board operates a set salary scale and employees are placed on this and benchmarked where possible against comparable roles in other similar organisations. The salary scale is reviewed each year by the Board with reference to cost-of-living, movements in staff and national minimum wage.

Related Parties

The Charity has been dependent on the financial support of Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance (WDBF) during previous years, but this should no longer be required going forward. This financial support was in the form of grant income and interest-free loans repayable over 10 years. LSE was set up by WDBF in 2015 in order to make use of a restricted fund in WDBF’s accounts for social responsibility in ways which were socially enterprising and led to the money generating new sustainable sources of income through trading and delivering social benefit, rather than the more traditional route of simply using up the funds on central advisers. It was agreed that the first business should be in early years. LSE’s objects allow for this and this has led to the significant work now undertaken through Paint Pots, and which is putting the Church of England’s engagement in education back into early years where it had been absent and accords with the national Vision for Education.

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The Charity acquired 100% of the share capital of Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Ltd in 2022. The Charity received a donation from its subsidiary company during the year in the form of a distribution of profits under the gift aid arrangement.

Future plans

We continue to consider new opportunities as they arise but with major government changes in provision coming in in 2024, for 2 year olds in April and 0-2s from September, we need to manage the current provision and consider how we will meet the increased demand that will inevitably arise from it. The board is aware of the issues and working on it.

It has become clear over the year that while there have been some advantages to being part of a charitable set-up, Paint Pots does not benefit from it as much as it would were it a charity in its own right. The LSE board is therefore taking advice and considering whether Paint Pots should be a charity in its own right. We expect to have greater clarity on this in 2024.

Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations .

Company law requires the Trustees (as Directors) to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the LSE and of the surplus or deficit of the LSE for that period.

In preparing these financial statements the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the LSE and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the LSE and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included in the LSE’s website. Legislation in England and Wales governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements and other information included in Annual Reports may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Administrative Details

None of the below listed Trustees’ had any beneficial interest in the charity. The following are the Trustees who served during the period and as at the date of this report:

The Right Reverend Deborah Sellin (resigned 12 December 2023) The Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen (appointed 13 December 2023) Colin Harbidge Ms Gambol Beverley Parker Mrs Jane Elizabeth Dyke The Reverend Andrew Mark Micklefield (resigned 18 July 2023) The Reverend Dr Philip Lewis Krinks Mark Ward (appointed 01 January 2024) Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance (WDBF) (corporate trustee)

Company Secretary : The Reverend Canon Nicholas Ralph (non-trustee)

Registered Office: Bishop of Winchester, Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9ND

Bankers: National Westminster Bank PLC, 105 High Street, Winchester, SO23 9AW Solicitors : Blake Morgan LLP, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 3LG Auditors: Haysmacintyre LLP, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1AG

WDBF Trustees as at the date of this report are set out below:

Mr A J L Barron Mrs E Clift The Reverend A Micklefield Mr I Newman The Revd Dr T Matthews The Revd R Noel Mrs G Knight The Right Revd D Sellin The Right Revd D Williams The Ven R Brand The Very Revd C Ogle Mrs E Mackeggie Gurney Mr I Dighé Mrs M Hedley Mr N May The Ven J Burgess The Right Revd P Mountstephen

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Provision of information to auditors

In so far as the directors are aware:

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies’ regime.

+Philip Winton

_____ The Right Revd Philip Mounstephen Chairman

Dated: 29 January 2024

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of Launchpad Social Enterprise

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Launchpad Social Enterprise for the year ended 31 August 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report (which incorporates the strategic report and the directors’ report).

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees for the financial statements

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 5 , the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the group’s and the parent charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the group or the parent charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the group and the environment in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to safeguarding, health and safety and employment (including taxation), and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.

We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to income recognition. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Jane Askew (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Haysmacintyre LLP, Statutory Auditor Date: 8 May 2024

10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Note
Income
Voluntary Donations
Grant from Winchester DBF
Other Grant
Charitable activities
Total Income
Total Expenditure
2
Net Income
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 2023
12 months
£
-
1,740,525
2,195,249
3,935,774
3,929,055
6,719
6,719
365,252
371,971		 2022
8 months
£
100,000
953,795
1,287,104
2,340,899
2,011,392
329,507
329,507
35,745
365,252

All income and gains for the year are recognised on the statement of financial activities. All of the charity’s activities are classified as continuing. The results for the year include those of the subsidiary undertaking for the year to 31 August 2023.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

Note
Intangible Assets
Goodwill
7
Tangible Assets
Property, plant and equipment
6
Current Assets
Debtors and Prepayments
8
Cash at Bank
Creditors – amounts falling due within one year
9
Net Current Assets
Creditors: falling due after more than one year
9
Net Assets
Reserves
Unrestricted Funds		 2023
£
478,724
295,204
28,368
487,341
515,709
337,230
952,407
580,436
371,971
371,971
371,971		 2022
£
463,371
290,689
42,686
560,298
602,984
346,856
1,010,188
644,936
365,252
365,252
365,252

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue and signed on behalf of the Board by:

+Philip Winton

_____ The Right Revd Philip Mounstephen Chairman

Dated: 29 January 2024

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BALANCE SHEET

Note
Fixed Assets
Property, plant and equipment
6
Investments		 2023
£
115,684		 2022
£
126,599
Investment in Subsidiary
3		 1,424,406 1,351,112
Current Assets
Debtors and Prepayments
8
Cash at Bank
Creditors – amounts falling due within one year
9
Net Current Assets
Creditors: falling due after more than one year
9
Net Assets
Reserves
Unrestricted Fund		 323
90,171
90,494
119,350
1,511,234
1,271,157
240,077
240,077
240,077		 2,847
12,388
15,235
118,122
1,374,824
1,265,963
108,861
108,861
108,861

The net income for the charitable company for the year to 31 August 2023 was £131,216

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue and signed on behalf of the Board by:

+Philip Winton

______ The Right Revd Philip Mountstephen Chairman

Dated : 29 January 2024

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

2023
2022
12 months
8 months
£
£
Net cash provided by operating activities
110,042
588,681
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of business combination
(68,544)
(463,371)
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(71,315)
(197,262)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(139,859)
(660,633)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash inflows from new borrowing
31,360
625,000
Cash outflows from repayment of borrowings
(74,500)
-
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
(43,140)
625,000
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting
period
(72,957)
553,048
Cash and cash equivalents at 01 September 2022
560,298
7,250
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 August 2023
487,341
560,298
Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities
2023
2022
£
£
Net income for the reporting period
6,719
329,507
Depreciation charges
66,800
40,769
Amortisation of goodwill on acquisition of subsidiary
53,191
-
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
14,318
(12,015)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
(30,986)
230,420
Net cash used in operating activities
110,042
588,681
Analysis of Cash and Cash Equivalents
2023
2022
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
487,341
560,298		 2023
2022
12 months
8 months
£
£
110,042
588,681
(68,544)
(463,371)
(71,315)
(197,262)
(139,859)
(660,633)
31,360
625,000
(74,500)
-
(43,140)
625,000
(72,957)
553,048
560,298
7,250
487,341
560,298

Net income for the reporting period
Depreciation charges
Amortisation of goodwill on acquisition of subsidiary
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash used in operating activities
Analysis of Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
110,042
588,681
2023
2022
£
£
487,341
560,298

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Legal status of the charity

Launchpad Social Enterprise is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Launchpad Social Enterprise is a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ published in October 2019, the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and applicable UK accounting standards, including FRS 102.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention. Under ‘Going Concern’ below, the trustees state that they have reasonable expectation that there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the charitable company’s ability to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Consequently, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in existence for the next 18 months and, therefore, have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated statement of financial activities (SOFA), group balance sheet and consolidated statement of cash flows consolidate the financial statements of the Charity and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Ltd. The financial statements of the subsidiary are consolidated with the Charity on a line-by-line basis. Transactions and balances between the entities are eliminated on consolidation. Details of the subsidiary undertaking are given in Note 3.

No separate SOFA has been presented for the Charity alone, as permitted by s408 of the Companies Act 2006. The total income of the Charity for the period was £201,400 (2022: £335,050) and the net result of the Charity was a surplus of £131,216 (2022: surplus of £73,116).

Going concern

The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties that may cast doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern and they therefore continue to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.

The charity is supported by the Corporate Social Responsibility funding from the Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance. The WDBF restricted fund has sufficient reserves to support the continued operations of the charity and has been designated for that purpose.

Income

All income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met and it is probably that the income will be received and the amount can be reliably measured.

Income from nursery fees are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the fees and any conditions for receipt are met.

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probably that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Grants are accounted for on a receivable basis.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on the accruals basis and the trading costs have been classified under headings that relate to the categories of trading income.

Charitable expenditure relates to the costs incurred in support of the day to day operations of each nursery setting.

Support costs are overhead costs necessarily incurred in the running of the charity.

Pensions

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.

Operating leases

Lease payments are recognised as an expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis. The aggregate benefit of lease incentives is recognised as a reduction to expense over the lease term, on a straight-line basis.

Tangible fixed assets

Fixed assets are capitalised at cost, where acquired or managements approximation valuation of cost where donated.

In the charitable company, depreciation is provided to write off the cost, less an estimated residual value, or all fixed assets evenly over their expected economic useful lives as follows: -

Property – Yurt 15 years straight-line
Fixtures and fittings 20% reducing balance

For the subsidiary undertaking, depreciation is provided to write off the cost, less an estimated residual value, or all fixed assets evenly over their expected economic useful lives as follows: -

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

 Land & Buildings Any leasehold properties over life of the lease  Fixtures and fittings 20% straight line  Motor Vehicles 25% straight line  Equipment 33% straight line

The need for any impairment of a fixed asset write-down is considered if there is concern over the carrying value of an asset and is assessed by comparing that carrying value against the value in use or realisable value of the asset when appropriate.

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortisation.

Amortisation for all intangible assets is calculated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Critical judgements and estimates

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates and assumptions will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below.

The useful economic life of the goodwill is based on management's judgement and experience. When management identifies that actual useful economic lives differ materially from the estimate used to calculate amortisation, that charge is adjusted prospectively.

2. EXPENDITURE

Support Costs
Depreciation
Amortisarion of goodwill on subsidiary acquisition
Expenditure on charitable activities
Corporation Tax		 2023
2022
2023
2022
(12 months) (8 months)
(12 months) (8 months)
£
£
£
£
385,613
302,603
48,498
117,850
66,800
40,769
10,915
7,597
53,191
-
-
-
3,421,188
1,652,334
10,771
136,487
2,263
15,686
-
-
Group
Company
3,929,055
2,011,392
70,184
261,934

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

Net income is stated after charging:
Services provided by the Charity’s auditors:
Audit fees
Accountancy services
Independent Examination fees
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals – buildings		 2023
2022
2023
2022
(12 months) (8 months)
(12 months) (8 months)
18,060
17,946
10,710
10,200
1,500
-
-
-
-
120
-
120
66,800
40,769
10,915
7,597
219,965
171,125
-
48,167
Group
Company

3. INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY

On 1 February 2022, the company purchased 100% of the share capital of Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited to expand its work in early years provision. The total cost of acquisition was £1,424,406 split as follows:

Completion Payment
Capitalised Costs of Acquisition
Fair value of Net Assets Acquired:
Tangible Fixed Assets
Intangible Fixed Assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Debtors and Prepayments
Creditors and accruals
Goodwill arising on acquisition		 2023
£
1,320,157
104,249
1,424,406
169,720
7,509
999,667
59,443
(343,848)
892,491
531,915
1,424,406		 2022
£
1,250,463
100,649
1,351,112
169,720
7,509
999,667
59,443
(343,848)
892,491
458,621
1,351,112

Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Ltd (company number 03895659) is a UK Registered company with registered office at Paint Pots House, 1 Spring Crescent, Southampton, England, SO17 2FZ.

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

The aggregate of the subsidiary company’s assets, liabilities and funds at 31 August 2023 was £1,077,425. The gross income for the year to 31 August 2023 was £3,934,373 (8 months to 31 August 2022: £2,080,349) and the deficit for the year was £71,307 (8 months to 31 August 2022: surplus £256,391).

Goodwill on acquisition is amortised over 10 years commencing in the year to 31 August 2023.

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Cash Flow Statement include the company’s share of the subsidiary’s results for the year.

Following the acquisition, the company changed its financial year end from 31 December to 31 August, meaning that the figures for 2023 cover a full 12 months and the comparative figures for 2022 are for an 8-month period.

4. STAFF COSTS

All staff are employed by Launchpad Social Enterprise or its subsidiary undertaking, except for Nick Ralph, whose stipend charge is recharged via Portsmouth Diocese Board of Finance. Staff costs for the period were as follows:

Wages and salaries
National insurance contributions
Pension costs		 2023
2022
2023
2022
(12 months)
(8 months)
(12 months)
(8 months)
£
£
£
£
2,634,133
1,363,512
16,310
121,540
143,697
69,242
-
8,444
44,973
27,234
-
9,320
Consolidated
Company
2,822,803
1,459,988
16,310
139,304

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 172 (2022: 166) across the charitable company and its subsidiary undertaking , working a mixture of part time and fulltime term hours. In September 2022 the employment contracts of the staff were transferred by TUPE to Paint Pots Pre-School and Nursery Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.

During the year, redundancy payments totalling £1,499 (2022: £nil) were paid to one individual (2022: none).

Trustee expenses reimbursed during the period amounted to £47 (2022: £nil).

No employee earned more than £60,000 per annum (2022: £nil)

Remuneration of Key Management Personnel

Key management personnel are deemed to be those having authority and responsibility delegated to them by the trustees, for planning, directing, and controlling the activities of the organisation.

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

For the year ended 31 August 2023 this covered Executive Director – The Revd Canon Nick Ralph

The Revd Canon Nick Ralph - salary, pension & expenses 2023
2022
(12 months)
(8 months)
£
£
31,828
20,788
31,828
20,788

5. SUPPORT COST ANALYSIS

Office support costs
Office Rent
Salaries, HR & recruitment (overhead)
Subscriptions & publications
Independent examination
Audit, accountancy and taxation services		 2023
2022
2023
2022
(12 months) (8 months)
(12 months) (8 months)
£
£
£
£
97,174
53,553
1,328
11,495
219,965
171,125
-
48,167
36,470
59,491
36,419
47,500
41
368
41
368
-
120
-
120
31,963
17,946
10,710
10,200
Group
Company
385,613
302,603
48,498
117,850

6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Consolidated

Consolidated
Valuation as at:
1 September 2022
Additions		 Freehold Land
& Buildings
Leasehold
Improvements Motor Vehicles
Computer &
Other
Equipment
Fixture &
Fittings
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
129,083
446,608
3,450
263,995
17,093
860,229
-
-
30,514
40,801
-
71,314
Disposals
31 August 2023
Depreciation
At 1 September 2022
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 August 2023
Net Book Value
At 31 August 2023
At 31 August 2022		 -
-
(3,450)
-
-
(3,450)
129,083
446,608
30,514
304,796
17,093
928,094
14,268
320,590
3,450
225,923
5,309
569,540
8,561
31,069
-
24,815
2,354
66,799
-
-
(3,450)
-
-
(3,450)
22,829
351,659
-
250,738
7,663
632,890
106,254
94,949
30,514
54,058
9,430
295,204
114,815
126,018
-
38,072
11,784
290,689

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (continued)

Company

Valuation as at:
1 September 2022
31 August 2023
Depreciation
At 1 January 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2022
Net Book Value
At 31 August 2023
At 31 August 2022		 Freehold Land
& Buildings
Leasehold
Improvements Motor Vehicles
Computer &
Other
Equipment
Fixture &
Fittings
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
129,083
-
-
-
17,093
146,176
129,083
-
-
-
17,093
146,176
14,268
-
-
-
5,309
19,577
8,561
-
-
-
2,354
10,915
22,829
-
-
-
7,663
30,492
106,254
-
-
-
9,430
115,684
114,815
-
-
-
11,784
126,599

7. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Consolidated
Cost:
1 September 2022
Additions
Disposals
Revaluation
31 August 2023
Amortisation:
At 1 September 2022
Disposals
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2023
Net Book Value:
At 31 August 2023
At 31 August 2022		 Goodwill
Total
£
£
571,825
571,825
73,294
73,294
-
-
-
-
645,119
645,119
108,454
108,454
-
-
57,941
57,941
166,395
166,395
478,724
478,724
463,371
463,371

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

8. DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS

Trade Debtors
Prepayments
Other Debtors		 2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
8,602
11,365
-
77
17,422
20,096
323
2,770
2,344
11,225
-
-
Group
Company
28,368
42,686
323
2,847

9. CREDITORS

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

Loans Payable
Obligations under finance lease contracts
Corporation Tax
Accrued Expenses
Pension, taxes and social security
Other Creditors		 2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
74,500
74,500
74,500
74,500
21,359
-
-
-
-
81,195
-
-
46,792
20,663
42,289
16,530
48,435
32,143
-
1,178
146,144
138,355
2,561
25,914
Group
Company
337,230
346,856
119,350
118,122

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

Loans Payable
Amount owed to subsidiary undertaking
Deferred Tax		 2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
576,000
640,500
576,000
640,500
-
-
695,157
625,463
4,436
4,436
-
-
Group
Company
580,436
644,936
1,271,157
1,265,963

Loans Payable includes £650,500 (2022: £715,000) repayable to Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance (WDBF). These loans are interest free and repayable as follows:

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LAUNCHPAD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (formerly WINCHESTER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE) Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023

Repayable between 1-2 years
Repayable between 2-5 years
Repayable over more than 5 years		 2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
159,000
149,000
159,000
149,000
223,500
223,500
223,500
223,500
268,000
342,500
268,000
342,500
Group
Company
650,500
715,000
650,500
715,000

10. LEASE COMMITMENTS

Commitments under operating leases

Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

Within one year
Two to five years
Over five years		 2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
202,666
203,523
-
-
561,960
635,412
-
-
360,315
493,777
-
-
Group
Company
1,124,941
1,332,712
-
-

11. RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENT IN NET DEBT

Cash at bank and in hand
Debt due within 1 year
Debt due after more than 1 year
Finance leases		 At 01
September
2022
Cash Flows
New
Financing
Other non-
cash changes
At 31 August
2023
£
£
£
£
£
560,298
(72,957)
-
-
487,341
(74,500)
74,500
-
(74,500)
(74,500)
(640,500)
-
(10,000)
74,500
(576,000)
0
-
(21,360)
-
(21,360)
(154,702)
1,543
31,360
-
-
(184,520)

12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the year, the company did not require a support grant (2022: £100,000) from Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance (WDBF). LSE was set up by WDBF in 2015 in order to make use of a restricted fund in WDBF’s accounts for social responsibility. WDBF is also a trustee of the Charity.

At 31 August 2023, loans totalling £650,500 (2022: £715,000) were owed to Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance.

None of the trustees received any remuneration from the charity. During the year, travel expenses of £48 were reimbursed to one trustee.

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