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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1166859 

## Report of the Trustees and 

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 

for Platform (Hull) 

360 Accountants Limited 18-19 Albion Street Hull East Yorkshire HU1 3TG 



Platform (Hull) 

## Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 


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|Independent|Examiner's|Report|3|
|Statement|of|Financial|Activities|4|
|Balance|Sheet|5|
|Notes|to|the|Financial|Statements|6|to|ll|
|Detailed|Statement|of Financial|Activities|12|to|13|

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Platform (Hull) 

## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 

## Trustee Report 

Platform has actively recruited a board of trustees with a wide range of business skills to support the provision by enabling it to meet the charity's objectives. 

The provision a day service for 19-25 year young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The aims and objectives of the provision are to promote independence through life skills and inclusion into the community; we focus our person centered planning into four main areas which we feel embraces the philosophy of our service and the needs of the young adults; activities planned for each individual varies and are specific to their individual needs. We hold a parents forum to support the families with the significant challenges they face on a daily basis. 

The Trustees meet every eight weeks to review the ongoing performance, and financial position to ensure that objectives are being met and define strategy. Sub-committee's are set up when appropriate to manage individual projects. 

The day-to-day running of the charity and the implementation of policy, and procedure is delegated to a manager. This key role delivers the overall objectives of the charity and is responsible for the effective running of the service within the guidelines set by the Trustees. The manager is well supported by the Trustees. 

We have developed close partnership with other similar organisations and work closely with health practioners and multi-agencies. 

## FINANCIAL REVIEW 

## Reserves policy 

It is our aim to retain £150,000 in the unrestricted general fund to ensure we have enough reserves to enable us to continue to run an effective charily. We have maintained this reserve. 

## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 

## Governing document 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity. 

## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 

Registered Charity number 1166859 

Principal address Inglemire Lane 

Hull East Yorkshire HU6 8LA 

## Trustees 

Mrs C Hornshaw 

Mrs P Allan 

Mrs K Bayram Mr I Bourne Mr S Shaw (resigned 31/3/2021) Ms E Harrison (appointed 1/4/2020) Mr J Geal (appointed 27/7/2020) 

## Independent Examiner 

360 Accountants Limited 18-19 Albion Street Hull East Yorkshire HU1 3TG 

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Platform (Hull) 

for theReport ofYear Endedthe Trustees31 March 2021 

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Bankers HSBC Bank Plc Merit House Priory Park West Saxon Way Hessle East Yorkshire HU13 9PB Approved by order ofthe board oftrustees onLu. 10 /aoal and signed on its behalf by: 

Mrs P Allan - Trustee 

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Platform (Hull) 

## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Platform (Hull) 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Platform (Hull) (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2021. 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of_ which is one of the listed bodies. 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 

J have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Mr Andrew Mark Steele FCA FCCA 

360 Accountants Limited 

18-19 Albion Street Hull East Yorkshire HUI 3TG Date: 2b lieltt 

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Platform (Hull) 

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 


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|31/3/21|31/3/20|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|fund|fund|funds|funds|
|Notes|£|£|£|£|
|INCOME AND|ENDOWMENTS|FROM|
|Donations|and|legacies|303,866|3,662|307,528|319,649|
|Charitable|activities|
|Other|9,253|22,500|31,753|2,165|
|Other trading|activities|2|-|-|-|261|
|Other|income|600|-|600|116|
|Total|313,719|26,162|339,881|322,191|
|EXPENDITURE|ON|
|Raising|funds|7,963|-|7,963|6,367|
|Charitable|activities|
|Other|204,039|-|204,039|187,948|
|Other|53,676|-|53,676|59,269|
|Total|265,678|-|265,678|253,584|
|NET INCOME|48,041|26,162|74,203|68,607|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|181,048|84,953|266,001|197,394|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|229,089|111,115|340,204|266,001|

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The notes form part of these financial statements 

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Platform (Hull) 

## Balance Sheet 31 March 2021 


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|Unrestricted|31/3/21|314/20|
|fund|Restricted|Total|Total|
|Notes|fund|funds|funds|
|FIXED|ASSETS|£|£|£|£|
|Tangible assets|6|68,821|-|68,821|92,993|
|CURRENT ASSETS|
|Debtors|7|57,496|-|57,496|109,817|
|Cash|at bank and|in hand|106,398|119,115|217,513|76,126|
|163,894|TUEAMS|275,009|185,943|
|CREDITORS|
|Amounts falling due within one year|8|(3,626)|-|(3,626)|(12,935)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|160,268|111,315|271,383|173,008|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESS CURRENT|
|LIABILITIES|229,089|141,115|340,204|266,001|
|NET ASSETS|229,089|144,115|340,204|266,00!|
|FUNDS|9|
|Unrestricted|funds|229,089|181,048|
|Restricted funds|111,115|84,953|
|TOTAL FUNDS|340,204|266,001|

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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on “2x preface and were signed on its behalf by: 


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> The notes form part of these financial statements 

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Platform (Hull) 

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 

1. 

## ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

## Basis of preparing the financial statements 

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102} ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

## Income 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Expenditure Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

## Tangible fixed assets 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

Fixtures and fittings - 20% on reducing balance Motor vehicles - 25% on cost Computer equipment - 20% on reducing balance 

## Taxation 

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

## Fund accounting 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits 

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. 

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Platform (Hull) 

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

2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 

## Fundraising events 


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3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS 

There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020. 

## Trustees’ expenses 

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020. 

4. STAFF COSTS 

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: 

||||31/3/21|31/3/20|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Administration||15|15|
||No employees received emoluments in excess of£60,000.||||
|5.|COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENTOFFINANCIAL|ACTIVITIES|||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||fund|fund|funds|
|||£|£|£|
||INCOMEAND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||
||Donations and legacies|286,719|32,930|319,649|
||Charitable activities||||
||Other|2,165|-|2,165|
||Othertrading activities|261|-|261|
||Other income|116|-|116|
||Total|289,261|32,930|322,191|
||EXPENDITURE ON||||
||Raisingfunds|6,367|-|6,367|
||Charitable activities||||
||Other|187,948|-|187,948|
||Other|59,269|-|59,269|
||Total|253,584|-|253,584|
||NET INCOME|35,677|32,930|68,607|
||RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS||||
||Totalfundsbroughtforward|145,371|$2,023|197,394|



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Platform (Hull) 

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 

|5.|COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued|COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued|COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued|COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued||
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||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||||fund|fund|funds|
||||£|£|£|
||TOTALFUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||181,048|84,953|266,001|
|6.|TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS|||||
|||Fixtures||||
|||and<br>fittings|Motor<br>vehicles|Computer<br>equipment|Totals|
|||£|£|£|£|
||COST|||||
||At 1 April2020 and 31 March2021|68,359|56,319|2,400|127,078|
||DEPRECIATION|||||
||At 1 April2020|19,285|13,783|1,017|34,085|
||Charge foryear|9,815|14,080|277|24,172|
||At 31 March 2021|29,100|27,863|1,294|58,257|
||NETBOOKVALUE|||||
||At 31 March2021|39,259|28,456|1,106|68,821|
||At 31 March 2020|49,074|42,536|1,383|92,993|
|7.|DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||||
|||||31/3/21|31/3/20|
|||||£|£|
||Trade debtors|||35,744|77,969|
||Prepayments and accrued income|||21,752|31,848|
|||||57,496|109,817|
|8.|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||||
|||||31/3/21|31/3/20|
|||||£|£|
||Trade creditors|||672|6,577|
||Taxation and social security|||(1,417)|-|
||Other creditors|||4,371|6,358|
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Platform (Hull) 

9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 

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


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|Net|
|movement|At|
|At|1/4/20|in|funds|31/3/21|
|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|General|fund|181,048|48,041|229,089|
|Restricted|funds|
|Restricted|Donations|$4,953|26,162|111,115|
|TOTAL FUNDS|266,001|74,203|340,204|
|Net movement|in|funds,|included|in|the|above|are|as|follows:|
|Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|resources|expended|in|funds|
|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|General|fund|313,719|(265,678)|48,041|
|Restricted|funds|
|Restricted Donations|26,162|-|26,162|
|TOTAL FUNDS|339,881|(265,678)|74,203|
|Comparatives|for|movement|in|funds|
|Net|
|movement|At|
|At|1/4/19|in|funds|31/3/20|
|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|General|fund|145,371|35,677|181,048|
|Restricted|funds|
|Restricted|Donations|$2,023|32,930|84,953|
|TOTAL FUNDS|197,394|68,607|266,001|

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Platform (Hull) 

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 

9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued 

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

||Incoming|Resources|Movement|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds||
||£|£|£||
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|General fund|289,261|(253,584)|35,677||
|Restricted funds|||||
|Restricted Donations|32,930|-|32,930||
|TOTAL FUNDS|322,191|(253,584)|68,607||
|A currentyear 12 months and prioryear 12 months combined position is as follows:|||||
|||Net|||
|||movement|At||
||At 1/4/19|in funds|31/3/21||
||£|£|£||
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|General fund|145,371|83,718|229,089||
|Restricted funds|||||
|Restricted Donations|52,023|59,092|111,115||
|TOTAL FUNDS|197,394|142,810|340,204||
|A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined netmovement in funds, included in the above||||are|
|as follows:|||||
||Incoming|Resources|Movement||
||resources|expended|in funds||
||£|£|£||
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|General fund|602,980|(519,262)|83,718||
|Restricted funds|||||
|Restricted Donations|59,092|-|59,092||
|TOTALFUNDS|662,072|(519,262)|142,810||



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Platform (Hull) 

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

## 10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 3! March 2021. 

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Platform (Hull) 

||Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities|||
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||for the Year Ended 31 March 2021|||
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|||£|£|
|INCOMEAND ENDOWMENTS||||
|Donations and legacies||||
|Sales||314,599|285,060|
|Donations||(7,071)|34,589|
|||307,528|319,649|
|Other trading activities||||
|Fundraising events||-|261|
|Charitable activities||||
|Grants||31,753|2,165|
|Other income||||
|Other Income||600|116|
|Tota! incoming resources||339,881|322,19]|
|EXPENDITURE||||
|Raising donations and legacies||||
|Cost offundraising||-|99|
|Other trading activities||||
|Bad debts||7,963|6,268|
|Charitable activities||||
|Insurance||2,548|2,505|
|Light and heat||227|4,598|
|Telephone||1,235|1,456|
|Sundries||1,166|1,673|
|||5,176|10,232|
|Other||||
|Rent||6,105|8,815|
|Repairs&maintenance||7,217|6,269|
|Outings& entertainment||2,484|7,045|
|IT||1,799|8,675|
|Printing& stationery||797|629|
|Motor& travel||11,102|6,527|
|Depreciation oftangible fixed assets||24,172|21,309|
|||53,676|59,269|
|Support costs||||
|Management||||
|Wages||176,548|163,698|
|Carriedforward||176,548|163,698|



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## Platform (Hull) 

||Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities|||
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||for the Year Ended 31 March2021|31/3/21|31/3/20|
|||£|£|
|Management||||
|Brought forward||176,548|163,698|
|Social security||9,054|5,448|
|Pensions<br>Stafftraining||2,307<br>3,340|2,437<br>1,467|
|Staffuniform||418|571|
|||191,667|173,621|
|Finance||||
|Bank charges||96|95|
|Governance costs||||
|Accountancyand legal fees||7,100|4,000|
|Total resources expended||265,678|253,584|
|Netincome||74,203|68,607|



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