
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From October 2020  Period start date   To 31/10/21.   Period end date** 

**Charity name: Sam’s Gift** 

## **Charity registration number: 1163967** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the  Para 1.17 To provide ‘Journey Boxes’ for<br>purposes of the charity  teenagers and young adults<br>as set out in its  diagnosed with cancer. The<br>governing document trustees do not have direct<br>contact with recipients of the<br>boxes.<br>Summary of the main  Para 1.17 and  Charity events include football<br>1.19<br>activities in relation to  match, Ball, sponsored events<br>those purposes for the  and music events to raise funds<br>public benefit, in  to purchase the contents of the<br>particular, the activities,  boxes. The trustees and<br>projects or services  volunteers put together the<br>identified in the  journal contained in the box as<br>accounts. well as<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18 Trustees have regard for the<br>whether the trustees  guidance issued by Charities<br>have had regard to the  Commission<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Additional information (optional)** 

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SORP reference<br>N/A<br>Para 1.38<br>Policy on grant making<br>N/A<br>Para 1.38<br>Policy on social<br>investment including<br>program related<br>investment<br>Volunteers help to make the<br>Para 1.38 boxes and help at fundraising<br>Contribution made by  events. We have people who<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




**carry out their own sponsored events and then donate to the charity. There are collection boxes in local businesses.** 

volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 


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SORP reference<br>The ‘Journey Boxes’ are donated<br>to the Christie in Manchester<br>where key nurses give them to<br>Summary of the main  children and young adults<br>Para 1.20<br>achievements of the  diagnosed with cancer. The<br>charity, identifying the  contents are explained by the<br>difference the charity’s  nurses and the boxes can be used<br>work has made to the  as the patient wishes which help<br>circumstances of its  them through their journey and<br>beneficiaries and any  treatment of cancer.<br>wider benefits to society  The boxes are helping the young<br>as a whole. people emotionally, to get<br>through a difficult time in their<br>lives. It can also benefit the<br>family of the young adult<br>diagnosed.<br>The boxes are used by those with<br>a terminal diagnosis and given to<br>their family.<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Following limited fundraising**<br>**during covid we have begun to**<br>**restart our fundraising**<br>**programme. We would like to**<br>**provide the boxes to other**<br>**audiences  andwe will need to**<br>**raise our fundraising**<br>**achievements.**||
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## **Financial Review** 


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Review of the charity’s  Para 1.21 Total funds at end of financial<br>financial position at the  period 31/10/21 £84,417<br>end of the period<br>Statement explaining  Para 1.22 Part of the boxes is a piece of<br>the policy for holding  fingerprint jewellery which may<br>reserves stating why  or may not be claimed<br>they are held immediately. We pay for this part<br>of the box as and when they are<br>claimed. The charity therefore<br>needs reserves to fund the<br>unclaimed jewellery at a later<br>date by the recipients of the<br>boxes.<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




**We allow 2 pieces of jewellery at the time of receipt of the box, however should the outcome for the patient not be a good one we may fund more at a later date. We also need reserves to pay for fundraising events upfront before the event brings in further funds.** Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 **N/A** reserves Explanation of any Para 1.23 **N/A** uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 


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Description of charity’s<br>trusts:<br>Type of governing  Para 1.25<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal<br>charter)<br>How is the charity  Para 1.25 CIO<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)<br>Trustee selection  Para 1.25 Small board of trustees able to<br>methods including  elect appointment of other<br>details of any  trustees.<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or<br>name of any person or<br>body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name Sam’s Gift<br>-<br>Other name the charity<br>uses<br>Registered charity  1163967<br>number<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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Charity’s principal  74 Church Street<br>address Ainsworth<br>Bury<br>BL2 5RS<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Name of person (or body)<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee<br>whole year<br>(if any)<br>1 Susan Nicholls Chair<br>2 Sharon Cleary<br>3 Thomas Nicholls<br>4 Daniel Nicholls<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 


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Description of the assets  N/A<br>held in this capacity<br>Name and objects of the  N/A<br>charity on whose behalf<br>the assets are held and<br>how this falls within the<br>custodian charity’s<br>objects<br>Details of arrangements  N/A<br>for safe custody and<br>segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s<br>own assets<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 

## **Declarations** 

## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** S.A. Nicholls 

**Full name(s)** Susan Anne Nicholls 



**Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 5/8/22 



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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE004554 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1163967
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Report of the Trustees and
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Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2021
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Sam's Gift
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Anthony Marshall Ltd
Chartered Accountants
70 Market Street
Tottington
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL8 3LJ
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Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2021
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|||`Page`||
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|`Report of the Trustees`||`1`||
|`Independent Examiner's Report`||`2`||
|`Statement of Financial Activities`||`3`||
|`Balance Sheet`||`4`||
|`Notes to the Financial Statements`|`5`|`to`|`9`|
|`Detailed Statement of Financial Activities`||`10`||





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for the Year Ended 31 October 2021
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## `Report of the Trustees` 

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ThetrusteeswhoarealsodirectorsofthecharityforthepurposesoftheCompaniesAct2006,presenttheirreport with
thefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31October2021.Thetrusteeshaveadoptedtheprovisions of
AccountingandReportingbyCharities:StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparing their
accountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS 102)
(effective 1 January 2019).
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## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT`** 

## **`Governing document`** 

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Thecharityiscontrolledbyitsgoverningdocument,adeedoftrust,andconstitutesalimitedcompany,limited by
guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
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## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS`** 

## **`Registered Company number`** 

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CE004554 (England and Wales)
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## **`Registered Charity number`** 

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1163967
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## **`Registered office`** 

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74 Church Street
Ainsworth
Bolton
BL2 5RS
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## **`Trustees`** 

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D Nicholls
T Nicholls
S Cleary
S Nicholls
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## **`Company Secretary`** 

## **`Independent Examiner`** 

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Anthony Marshall Ltd
Chartered Accountants
70 Market Street
Tottington
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL8 3LJ
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Approved by order of the board of trustees on 2 August 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
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S Nicholls - Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
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## **`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Sam's Gift ('the Company')`** 

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I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 October 2021.
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## **`Responsibilities and basis of report`** 

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As thecharity'strusteesof theCompany(andalsoitsdirectorsforthepurposesof companylaw)youareresponsible for
the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
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HavingsatisfiedmyselfthattheaccountsoftheCompanyarenotrequiredtobeauditedunderPart16ofthe2006 Act
andareeligibleforindependentexamination,I reportinrespectofmyexaminationofyourcharity'saccountsas carried
outundersection145oftheCharitiesAct2011('the2011Act').IncarryingoutmyexaminationIhavefollowed the
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
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## **`Independent examiner's statement`** 

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Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomattershavecometomyattentioninconnectionwith the
examination giving me cause to believe:
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`1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or` 

`2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or` 

`3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or` 

`4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).` 

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I have no concernsand have come acrossno othermattersin connectionwith the examinationto whichattention should
be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Anthony Marshall Ltd
Chartered Accountants
70 Market Street
Tottington
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL8 3LJ
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2 August 2022
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## `Statement of Financial Activities` 

## `for the Year Ended 31 October 2021` 

|||`31.10.21`|`31.10.20`|
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|||`Unrestricted`|`Total`|
|||`fund`|`funds`|
||`Notes`|`£`|`£`|
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**||||
|`Donations and legacies`||`22,309`|`22,129`|
|**`EXPENDITURE ON`**||||
|`Raising funds`|`2`|`9,244`|`14,978`|
|**`NET INCOME`**||`13,065`|`7,151`|
|**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**||||
|**`Total funds brought forward`**||`71,352`|`64,201`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**||`84,417`|`71,352`|



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## `Balance Sheet` 

## `31 October 2021` 

|||`31.10.21`|`31.10.20`|
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|||`Unrestricted`|`Total`|
|||`fund`|`funds`|
||`Notes`|`£`|`£`|
|**`CURRENT ASSETS`**||||
|`Cash at bank`||`85,257`|`72,102`|
|**`CREDITORS`**||||
|`Amounts falling due within one year`|`5`|`(840)`|`(750)`|
|**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**||`84,417`|`71,352`|
|**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES`**||`84,417`|`71,352`|
|**`NET ASSETS`**||`84,417`|`71,352`|
|**`FUNDS`**|`6`|||
|`Unrestricted funds`||`84,417`|`71,352`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**||`84,417`|`71,352`|



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ThecharitablecompanyisentitledtoexemptionfromauditunderSection477oftheCompaniesAct2006forthe year
ended 31 October 2021.
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Themembershavenotrequiredthecompanytoobtainanauditofitsfinancialstatementsfortheyear ended
31 October 2021 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
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The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
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- `(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and` 

- `(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.` 

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Thesefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsapplicabletocharitable companies
subject to the small companies regime.
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ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon2August2022and were
signed on its behalf by:
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S Nicholls - Trustee
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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## `Notes to the Financial Statements` 

## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`** 

## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`** 

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Thefinancialstatementsofthecharitablecompany,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,have been
preparedinaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicableto charitiespreparingtheir accountsin accordancewith the Financial Reporting
StandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January2019)',Financial Reporting
Standard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andthe Companies
Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
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## **`Income`** 

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All incomeis recognisedin the Statementof FinancialActivitiesonce the charityhas entitlementto the funds,it is
probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
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## **`Expenditure`** 

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Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligationcommitting the
charitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequiredinsettlement and
the amountof the obligationcanbe measuredreliably.Expenditureis accountedforon an accrualsbasisand has
beenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbe directly
attributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivitiesonabasisconsistentwiththeuse of
resources.
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## **`Taxation`** 

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The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
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## **`Fund accounting`** 

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Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
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Restrictedfundscanonlybe usedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithinthe objectsof the charity. Restrictions
arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
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Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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## `Notes to the Financial Statements - continued` 

## **`2. RAISING FUNDS`** 

## **`Raising donations and legacies`** 

|**`Raising donations and legacies`**|||
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||`31.10.21`|`31.10.20`|
||`£`|`£`|
|`Support costs`|`1,847`|`1,578`|



## **`3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`** 

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Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31October2021norforthe year
ended 31 October 2020.
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## **`Trustees' expenses`** 

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Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31October2021norfortheyear ended
31 October 2020.
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## **`4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`** 

|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**||
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||`Unrestricted`|
||`fund`|
||`£`|
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**||
|`Donations and legacies`|`22,129`|
|**`EXPENDITURE ON`**||
|`Raising funds`|`14,978`|
|**`NET INCOME`**|`7,151`|
|**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**||
|**`Total funds brought forward`**|`64,201`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**|`71,352`|



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## `Notes to the Financial Statements - continued` 

## `for the Year Ended 31 October 2021` 

## **`5. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`** 

|**`5.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**||||
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||||`31.10.21`|`31.10.20`|
||||`£`|`£`|
||`Accruals and deferred income`||`840`|`750`|
|**`6.`**|**`MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**||||
||||`Net`||
|||`At`|`movement`|`At`|
|||`1.11.20`|`in funds`|`31.10.21`|
|||`£`|`£`|`£`|
||**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
||`General fund`|`71,352`|`13,065`|`84,417`|
||**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`71,352`|`13,065`|`84,417`|
||`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`||||
|||`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Movement`|
|||`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
|||`£`|`£`|`£`|
||**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
||`General fund`|`22,309`|`(9,244)`|`13,065`|
||**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`22,309`|`(9,244)`|`13,065`|
||**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**||||
||||`Net`||
|||`At`|`movement`|`At`|
|||`1.11.19`|`in funds`|`31.10.20`|
|||`£`|`£`|`£`|
||**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
||`General fund`|`64,201`|`7,151`|`71,352`|
||**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`64,201`|`7,151`|`71,352`|



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## `Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2021` 

## **`6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`** 

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Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
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||`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
|`General fund`|`22,129`|`(14,978)`|`7,151`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`22,129`|`(14,978)`|`7,151`|



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A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
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|**`Unrestricted funds`**<br>`General fund`<br>**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Net`<br>`At`<br>`movement`<br>`At`<br>`1.11.19`<br>`in funds`<br>`31.10.21`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`64,201`<br>`20,216`<br>`84,417`<br>`64,201`<br>`20,216`<br>`84,417`|`Net`<br>`At`<br>`movement`<br>`At`<br>`1.11.19`<br>`in funds`<br>`31.10.21`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`64,201`<br>`20,216`<br>`84,417`<br>`64,201`<br>`20,216`<br>`84,417`|
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A currentyear12 monthsandprioryear12 monthscombinednetmovementinfunds,includedintheabove are
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||`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
|`General fund`|`44,438`|`(24,222)`|`20,216`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`44,438`|`(24,222)`|`20,216`|



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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
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## **`7. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`** 

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|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**<br>**`Donations and legacies`**<br>`Donations`<br>**`Total incoming resources`**<br>**`EXPENDITURE`**<br>**`Other trading activities`**<br>`Purchases for journey boxes`<br>`Purchases for events`<br>**`Support costs`**<br>**`Management`**<br>`Computer costs`<br>`Postage and stationery`<br>`Advertising`<br>`Donations made`<br>**`Finance`**<br>`Bank charges`<br>**`Governance costs`**<br>`Accountancy fees`<br>`Total resources expended`<br>**`Net income`**|`Detailed Statement of Financial Activities`<br>`for the Year Ended 31 October 2021`<br>`31.10.21`<br>`31.10.20`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`22,309`<br>`22,129`<br>`22,309`<br>`22,129`<br>`1,818`<br>`3,905`<br>`5,579`<br>`9,495`<br>`7,397`<br>`13,400`<br>`473`<br>`268`<br>`13`<br>`18`<br>`-`<br>`32`<br>`516`<br>`504`<br>`1,002`<br>`822`<br>`5`<br>`6`<br>`840`<br>`750`<br>`9,244`<br>`14,978`<br>`13,065`<br>`7,151`|`Detailed Statement of Financial Activities`<br>`for the Year Ended 31 October 2021`<br>`31.10.21`<br>`31.10.20`<br>`£`<br>`£`<br>`22,309`<br>`22,129`<br>`22,309`<br>`22,129`<br>`1,818`<br>`3,905`<br>`5,579`<br>`9,495`<br>`7,397`<br>`13,400`<br>`473`<br>`268`<br>`13`<br>`18`<br>`-`<br>`32`<br>`516`<br>`504`<br>`1,002`<br>`822`<br>`5`<br>`6`<br>`840`<br>`750`<br>`9,244`<br>`14,978`<br>`13,065`<br>`7,151`|
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|||`22,129`<br>`3,905`<br>`9,495`|
|||`13,400`<br>`268`<br>`18`<br>`32`<br>`504`|
|||`822`<br>`6`<br>`750`|
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