Company registration number: 10236925 Charity registration number: 1168688
## Creative Connected Communities
(A company limited by guarantee)
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Contents**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 7|
|Independent Examiner's Report|8|
|Statement of Financial Activities|9|
|Balance Sheet|10|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|11 to 20|
## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
**Trustees** J A Shawe S I Thorpe **Charity Registration Number** 1168688 **Company Registration Number** 10236925
The charity is incorporated in England and Wales.
**Registered Office** Plym House 3 Longbridge Road Marsh Mills Plymouth Devon PL6 8LT **Independent Examiner** Westcotts (SW) LLP Plym House 3 Longbridge Road Marsh Mills Plymouth Devon PL6 8LT
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Trustees and officers**
The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Trustees: H K Knight (resigned 6 January 2025) J A Shawe S I Thorpe
## **REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: 2024-25**
Creative Connected Communities continue to deliver its core aims, delivering a range of its long-term programmes, as well as a number of new opportunities. Our work has predominately been focused with our partners at the University of Plymouth, including being invited to deliver a new series of equality, diversity and inclusion workshops across all students within Peninsula Dental School. We have also been thrilled to secure a new partnership with University of Lincoln Medical School.
## **1. Trustee Update**
The Board continue to meet quarterly, and we express our thanks to the Trustees for their contribution, commitment and support to Well Connected over the last 12 months. Unfortunately, due to time commitments, Dr Hanne Knight stepped down as a Trustee in December 2024. We would like to thank Hanne for her contribution to the Board.
## **2. Team Update**
Our Chief Executive oversees the management of the charity, reporting to the Trustees, as well as working alongside the Strategic Lead, and both deliver on many of the programmes and securing new opportunities. Our Charity Administrator supports the team, as well as overseeing the website and social media content. We continue to work with our Finance consultant who offers expertise and guidance to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees on all financial matters.
The team continue to work remotely, with weekly online update meetings, as well as regular in-person meetings and ‘connecting days’. Team days have kindly been supported by _Womble Bond Dickinson_ , who have provided us with free meeting space throughout the year, and we are so grateful for their support and the kindness of their team.
## **3. Delivery - Future Health Professionals**
We manage and co-ordinate social accountability programmes within the established curriculum for the clinicians of the future, via experiential learning opportunities bringing the Social Determinants of Health to life.
## **a) University of Plymouth**
## **i) Peninsula Medical School:**
Following a series of discussions, we were delighted to secure a three-year partnership with Peninsula Medical School to create a tailored programme, providing opportunities for Year 1 and Year 2 medical students to meet with community leaders and people with a range of long-term health conditions to support their learning.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
## **- Exploring Health & Meet the Mentors**
Building on our current programmes, we were able to develop a series of workshops for over 100 Year 1 medical students to meet with _Experts by Experience_ , people who have been diagnosed with a long-term health condition, and _Mentors,_ community leaders working within support groups and charities.
_Experts_ and _Mentors_ very kindly share their lived experiences of accessing services, as well as reflecting on the impact their condition has on family and friends. Through these conversations students gain new perspective's, helping them to think beyond the textbook as they deepen their understanding of specific health conditions, community support and approaches to health improvement.
Our Experts include community members, support groups and organisations and we are continually inspired by their commitment to support health professionals of the future.
_**“To comprehend what patients’ go through, Medical School teaches us the signs and symptoms, but not really about the person as these workshops have shown us. This has been the best session since I started medical school, thank you!”**_
Year 1 Medical Student
## **- Family Placement Programme**
This was a unique opportunity for over 100 Year 2 medical students to meet with people with a range of long-term health conditions, as well their families and support network three times during an academic year within their home setting. This gave students the opportunity to understand more about how people live with their health condition, but also to understand more about the network of support that is available or not available, as well as the communities in which people live. This programme runs until the end of the spring 2025.
_**“This has been a great opportunity for me and my husband. It has given us an opportunity to talk about our experiences and to share this with students. Students also get to see how we live. I hope this will impact future healthcare when they qualify”**_
Placement Participant
## **ii) Peninsula Dental School**
We were again delighted to provide a range of workshops for the Peninsula Dental School, to deliver a programme which adds value to the existing curriculum and provided additional support for students. Activity included:
- Year 1 Dental (BDS) and Dental Hygiene Therapy (DTH) students
- Year 3 BDS students
- Year 4 BDS students
The programmes include:
## **- Year 1: Inner Strength to Build Resilience**
Now in its fourth year, the workshop explores the benefits of developing approaches and strategies to help students during difficult and challenging times, developing a growth mindset to tackle challenges and situations with confidence.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
Workshops took place as part of the induction week in September 2024; this supported other aspects of the induction timetable and encouraged students to explore the importance of resilient thinking. The workshop enabled students to investigate strategies and approaches that will help them further develop their skills to become effective health professionals.
There has been a keen interest in the programme within other areas of the University which we are currently pursuing, and we were thrilled to have an article published in the _British Dental Journal_ which we co-authored: **Dental Student Resilience – developing strategies and behaviours** www.nature.com/articles/s41415-024-7911-9
## _**Wow! Thank you for such an inspirational session. I’ll carry this advice throughout my course. This was a great workshop; I came out feeling so good about myself and a lot more motivated”**_
Year 1 BDS Student
_**“The session really helps students to explore their own qualities of inner strength and resilience; impacting on their success as learners and strengthens their ability to develop strategies and approaches for both professional and personal success. I would recommend anyone to work with Well Connected!”**_
Year 1 Programme Lead, Associate Professor Vehid Salih
We are delighted that Peninsula Dental School have agreed for Well Connected to deliver this workshop again in the new academic 2025-26.
## **- Year 3: Connecting & Collaborating**
This workshop is designed for students to highlight the importance of teamwork and interprofessional learning, as well as an opportunity for them to explore and create their own personal ‘why’ statement. Students explore how active listening skills impact on person-centred care, as well as the value of team working by using interactive and engaging activities to highlight the importance of collaborating and learning from each other.
_**Thank you for an informative and inspiring workshop - it really made me think about why I want to become a dentist and the role I can play in supporting patients”**_
## Year 3 BDS Student
## **“** _**Well Connected continue to create and deliver interactive and innovative workshops for our students. Working with students to explore their personal ‘why’ in such an engaging way is so beneficial to their future wellbeing as a health professional”**_
Dr Safiya Robinson Clinical Lecturer
## **- Year 4: Exploring Health Conditions**
Similar to our work with the Medical School, we delivered a series of workshops throughout the academic year discussing the impact of a long-term health conditions from a patient’s perspective. We brought together a group of people from Devon and Cornwall to meet with students and discuss their conditions and the impact on their daily lives. Students had the opportunity to consider how people access services and how oral health factors into their routines.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
Following the three sessions with patients, the final workshop was an opportunity for students to present to a panel of dental clinicians and community experts to discuss their understanding and patient management skills. It was a great opportunity to get students to develop their communication and team working skills and reflect on the overall experience.
We were thrilled to have an article published in the _British Dental Journal_ which we co-authored: **Exploring health conditions – learning beyond the textbook** : www.nature.com/articles/s41415-024-7911-9
## _**“We learnt so much, not just about the conditions, but also the lived experiences of all of the people we met”**_
Year 4 BDS Student
_**“It is a pleasure to work alongside Well Connected and the Experts. Well Connected has the ability to engage and interact with people who have different experiences of specific conditions and bring them together to enhance student learning”**_
Year 4 Lead Dr Casper Jonker
## **- Year 1-5: Inclusive Practice Series**
Peninsula Dental School invited us to support them to design and deliver a series of individually tailored half day equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) workshops across all five-year groups. Our role was to work with students to explore the terms EDI, understand The Equality Act 2010 and learn about the protected characteristics and the impact on daily living. Through our network and connections, we were able to create these workshops working with a number of experts and people with lived experience, such as disability and neurodivergence.
These workshops began in February 2025 and continue into June 2025.
We are delighted that Peninsula Dental School have agreed for Well Connected to deliver these workshops again in the new academic 2025-26.
## **iii) Plymouth Integrative Health and Social Care Education Centre (PIHC)**
Well Connected have been working closely with the PIHC team since 2021. This has led to a focused approach to supporting the Inter Professional Learning (IPL) ambitions of the Faculty of Health and to better inform curriculum development. This has included an _Experts by Experience_ group which brings together a wonderful group of people with a range of lived experiences, sharing their health journey with students, as well as helping PIHC shape learning for future health professionals. For the first time, working with our Experts, we delivered a webinar for over 250 health students from across the south west to meet with people with long-term conditions.
## _**“Collaboration between expert and student is vital as we help create ripples that can change the future of healthcare”**_
Expert
We are delighted to report that the Experts meetings, as well as workshop opportunities will continue across the next academic year 2025-26 to help inform IPL sessions with students.
## **b) Lincoln Medical School, University of Lincoln**
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
As reported in the previous update, in early 2024 we were approached by Lincoln Medical School to support a new medical curriculum. We are pleased that a multi-year agreement has been put in place to support the development of the curriculum and to ensure the voices of communities are heard to help shape student learning. This work began with Well Connected co-hosting and facilitating an event to introduce this initiative, attended by a primary care partners and community organisations and charities.
## _**“We are delighted that Well Connected are working with us as we develop the community aspects of our curriculum and outreach. Their expertise in developing impactful learning opportunities for students as well as fostering meaningful community partnerships will greatly enrich our curriculum. They are such a knowledgeable, supportive, and authentic team, and are truly great to work with”**_
_Professor Jamie Read, Dean of Medical Education, University of Lincoln_
## **c) Foundation Dentist Programme**
Newly qualified dental graduates undertake a community focused project as part of their Foundation Training Programme and Well Connected is asked to provide the community engagement expertise and support. The Programme sees graduates from across the south west working together in small teams to create something relevant and meaningful in neighbourhoods across the region. This year graduates were asked to:
- Consider how young people/children could be encouraged to consider dentistry as a career choice,
- Create activities to share key oral health prevention messages to young people/children,
- Attend an outreach dental session to provide care for vulnerable adults with Dentaid, a dental charity
Well Connected provided advice and guidance for several groups and supported by loaning resources.
_**“The Community Engagement Project is such an important element of the Foundation Programme and its always a great pleasure to have Well Connected involved”**_
Jenny Albiston, Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean
## **Going concern**
After making appropriate enquiries, The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Accounting Policies.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Trustees' Report**
## _**Policy on reserves**_
The Charity's unrestricted funds are freely available to spend, arising from previous years' operating results and donations.
The Charity's restricted funds fall outside the definition of reserves as these funds are funds which have been given to Creative Connected Communities for a specific purpose and as such are not freely available to the Charity.
The Board of Trustees agreed that Creative Connected Communities require a minimum level of unrestricted reserves (£50k) which, currently is the equivalent to three months' worth of expenditure:
- To meet our staff responsibilities and obligations
- To meet obligations under our overheads
- To provide a buffer in the absence of ongoing funding or termination of a contract whilst alternative funding is sought.
As of 31 March 2024, Creative Connective Communities had £64,347 in unrestricted reserves which is above the level of reserves assessed as being required for working capital to meet our legal, statutory, and best practice requirements.
However, considering the current needs and the present economic climate, the Trustees agreed in the year to 31 March 2021 to draw on the reserves to buffer the Charity for the next 12-18 months and set up a designated reserve of £47,500.
## _**Risk Management**_
The Board of Trustees has conducted a review of the major risks to which the Charity is exposed through the establishment of a risk register. These risks are reviewed on an ongoing basis, at least annually, to satisfy ourselves that adequate measures have been taken to manage the risks identified. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have been established to mitigate the risks that the Charity faces.
## **Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others**
The Charity does not hold any funds as a custodian trustee on behalf of others during the period ending 31 March 2024.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 18/12/25 and signed on its behalf by:
S I Thorpe
Trustee
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Creative Connected Communities ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Creative Connected Communities 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)].
I 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.
...................................... Matthew Keane ACCA Independent Examiner
Plym House 3 Longbridge Road Marsh Mills Plymouth Devon PL6 8LT
Date:.............................
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)**
|**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investment income
5
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
6
Total expenditure
Net expenditure
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
16|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
19
114,228
761
115,008
(169,387)
(169,387)
(54,379)
(54,379)
89,537
35,158|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
19
114,228
761
115,008
(169,387)
(169,387)
(54,379)
(54,379)
89,537
35,158|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
5,149
140,965
796|
|---|---|---|---|
||||146,910|
||||(151,119)|
||||(151,119)|
||||(4,209)|
||||(4,209)
93,746|
||||89,537|
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2024 is shown in note 16.
The notes on pages 11 to 20 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9
## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **(Registration number: 10236925) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025**
|||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||
|Tangible assets|13|1,807|2,260|
|**Current assets**||||
|Debtors|14|4,082|2,037|
|Cash at bank and in hand||43,422|92,760|
|||47,504|94,797|
|**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**|15|(14,153)|(7,520)|
|**Net current assets**||33,351|87,277|
|**Net assets**||35,158|89,537|
|**Funds of the charity:**||||
|**Unrestricted income funds**||||
|Unrestricted funds||35,158|89,537|
|**Total funds**|16|35,158|89,537|
For the financial year ending 31 March 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The financial statements on pages 9 to 20 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 18/12/25 and signed on their behalf by:
## S I Thorpe
Trustee
The notes on pages 11 to 20 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 10
## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **1 Charity status**
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
The address of its registered office is: Plym House 3 Longbridge Road Marsh Mills Plymouth Devon PL6 8LT
## **2 Accounting policies**
## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates**
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## **Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
- expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to ci:,aritable activities.
- other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related .to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs - attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £100 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment loss.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
## **Asset class**
Office equipment Computer equipment
**Depreciation method and rate** 20% reducing balance 20% reducing balance
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Financial instruments**
## _**Classification**_
A financial asset or a finance liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instrument are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**3**
**Income from donations and legacies**
Donations and legacies;
Donations
Grants, including capital grants;
Grants receivable
**4**
**Income from charitable activities**
Education and training
**5**
**Investment income**
Interest receivable
**6**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
**Note**
Charitable activities
Support costs
7
Charitable activities
Support costs|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
19
-
19
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
114,228
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
761
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
166,637
2,750
169,387
**Note**
7|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
19
-
19
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
114,228
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
761
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
148,539
2,580
151,119|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
149
5,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||5,149|
||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
140,965|
||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
796|
||||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
166,637
2,750|
||||169,387|
||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
148,539
2,580|
||||151,119|
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **7 Analysis of governance and support costs**
## **Support costs**
|Independent examiner fees
Examination of the financial statements|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
2,750
2,750|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
2,750
2,750|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
2,580|
|---|---|---|---|
||||2,580|
## **8 Net incoming/outgoing resources**
Net outgoing resources for the year include:
|Depreciation of fixed assets|**2025**
**£**
451|**2024**
**£**
567|
|---|---|---|
## **9 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefits from the charity during the year.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **10 Staff costs**
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
|The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|**Staff costs during the year were:**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2025**
**£**
122,875
8,315
6,624
137,814|**2024**
**£**
114,146
6,692
6,184|
|||127,022|
The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year was as follows:
|**2025**
**No**
Employees
3
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.
**11 Independent examiner's remuneration**
**2025**
**£**
Independent examination of the financial statements
2,750|**2024**
**No**
3|
|---|---|
||**2024**
**£**
2,610|
## **12 Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **13 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 April 2024
At 31 March 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
**14 Debtors**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors
**15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors|**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
941||**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
7,432||**Total**
**£**
8,373
8,373
6,113
453
6,566
1,807
2,260
**2024**
**£**
-
1,972
65|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||941||7,432|||
||745
40||5,368
413|||
||785||5,781|||
||156||1,651|||
||196||2,064|||
||||**2025**
**£**
3,000
962
120
4,082
**2025**
**£**
3,127
3,493
6,644
889
14,153|||
||||||2,037|
||||||**2024**
**£**
631
2,610
2,711
1,568|
||||||7,520|
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**16 Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**_General_**
General funds
**_Designated_**
Reorganisation reserve
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**_General_**
General funds
**_Designated_**
Reorganisation reserve
**Total unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
DRCP
Great Western Railways
Norman Family Charitable
Trust
**Total funds**|**Balance at**
**1 April**
**2024**
**£**
42,037
47,500
89,537
**Balance at**
**1 April**
**2023**
**£**
21,056
47,500
68,556
20,857
3,333
1,000
25,190
93,746|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
115,008
-
115,008
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
146,910
-
146,910
-
-
-
-
146,910|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(169,387)
-
(169,387)
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(151,119)
-
(151,119)
-
-
-
-
(151,119)|**Transfers**
**£**
20,000
(20,000)
-
**Transfers**
**£**
25,190
-
25,190
(20,857)
(3,333)
(1,000)
(25,190)
-|**Balance at**
**31 March**
**2025**
**£**
7,658
27,500|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||35,158|
||||||**Balance at**
**31 March**
**2024**
**£**
42,037
47,500|
||||||89,537|
||||||-
-
-|
||||||-|
||||||89,537|
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Designated funds**
## _**Reorganisation reserve**_
The Reorganisation reserve represents funds put aside for reorganisation of the Charity following the loss of contract.
## **Restricted funds**
## _**DRCP**_
To improve the overall health and wellbeing of the people of Devonport. With targets beneficiaries including families with children, members of the BME community, the elderly, the homeless, people with mental health problems, people recovering from substance misuse and people with disabilities and special education needs.
This fund has been transferred to general unrestricted reserves because DRCP was dissolved some years ago, with the funds being used on the Devonport Listening Project with BBC in 2020/21.
## _**Great Western Railways**_
Funding for developing and creating the ‘You Matter, We Care’ project for vulnerable and disadvantaged women and men in the Stonehouse area. You will be used to create 75 female and 25 male wellbeing packs with personal hygiene items and oral health resources alongside a signposting information card.
This fund has been transferred to general unrestricted reserves as it is no longer deemed appropriate to maintain this reserve.
## _**Norman Family Charitable Trust**_
Funding to create wellbeing gift bags for vulnerable and at-risk adult groups in Exeter.
This fund has been transferred to general unrestricted reserves as it is no longer deemed appropriate to maintain this reserve.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **17 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**17 Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
2,260
69,607
(7,520)
64,347|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
1,807
47,504
(14,153)
35,158
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
25,190
-
25,190|**Total funds**
**at 31 March**
**2025**
**£**
1,807
47,504
(14,153)|
||||35,158|
||||**Total funds**
**at 31 March**
**2024**
**£**
2,260
94,797
(7,520)|
||||89,537|
## **18 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in the year.
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## **Creative Connected Communities**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**_Donations and legacies_**
Appeals and donations
Grants receivable
**_Charitable activities_**
Income from charitable activities
**_Investment income_**
Interest on cash deposits
**_Charitable activities_**
Rent
Insurance
Wages and salaries
Staff NIC (Employers)
Other pension costs
Staff training
General maintenance
Office expenses
Printing, postage and stationery
Trade subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Motor expenses
Advertising
Legal and professional fees
Bank interest payable
Depreciation of office equipment
Accountancy fees|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
19
-
19
114,228
114,228
761
761
1,854
1,737
122,875
8,315
6,624
159
1,286
377
1,788
997
3,167
6,749
900
9,101
256
452
2,750
169,387|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
149
5,000|
|---|---|---|
|||5,149|
|||140,965|
|||140,965|
|||796|
|||796|
|||2,525
1,905
114,146
6,692
6,184
154
(9,753)
257
6,806
189
5,886
7,123
2,305
3,241
312
567
2,580|
|||151,119|
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