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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Unaudited
Trustees' Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2024
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Contents
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| Reference and administrative details of the charity, its Trustees and advisers | 1 |
| Trustees' report | 2 - 5 |
| Independent examiner's report | 6 - 7 |
| Statement of financial activities | 8 |
| Statement of financial position | 9 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 10 - 19 |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers For the year ended 31 March 2024
| Trustees and directors | P Anderson |
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| J McDonald (resigned 11 June 2024) | |
| W Mason | |
| I Moxham (resigned 31 December 2023) | |
| A Wheeler (resigned 31 December 2023) | |
| J F Code | |
| V C Corbett | |
| C Hughes | |
| C L Madeloso (resigned 31 August 2024) | |
| D M Morris | |
| Company registered number 08316534 Charity registered number 1169044 Registered office Toxteth Annexe Aigburth Road Liverpool L17 7BN Independent examiner Grant Thornton UK LLP Chartered Accountants Royal Liver Building Liverpool L3 1PS Principal office New Lodge Liverpool College Queens Drive Liverpool L18 8DD |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Trustees' Report For the year ended 31 March 2024
The Trustees, who are also the directors of the charity, present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Charitable Company for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd (LLP) is a charitable company limited by guarantee and constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. It was incorporated on 3 December 2012 and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles Incorporated 03/12/2012 as amended by special resolutions dated 05/05/2016.
Please refer to page 1 for the registration numbers, address of the registered and principal office and the names of the Trustees and Directors who served during the year.
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
Objectives and activities
a. Policies and objectives
- 1.1 The charity's objectives are:
1.1.1 for the public benefit to promote and advance the education of pupils within and including the ages of two to twenty five in Liverpool in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by:
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(a) providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education (including cultural and business education) in each school;
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(b) providing their education to prepare for entry to any occupation, trade or profession on leaving any education establishment;
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(c) developing inclusive learning and ensuring all pupils are given an opportunity to achieve life-long learning and;
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1.1.2 to assist in such ways as the charity trustees think fit any charity whose aims include advancing education of persons within and including the ages of two to twenty five in Liverpool.
b. Activities for achieving objectives
The Liverpool Learning Partnership Executive Board received termly updates on the strategic activities of the Partnership. This ensures LLP’s activities achieve its stated objectives, co-ordinating the provision of services and pupils aged between two and twenty five. In addition to the executive board, the work is overseen by two strategic groups and reported on by the CEO to the Executive Board. Staff members also present to Board on their areas of work in the termly meetings.
c. Main activities undertaken to further the charity's purposes for the public benefit
Jo Code, Head of St Hilda’s CE High School, has continued chairing the executive board for the last academic year. There have been no staffing changes during the year. The CEO continued in post driving forward the charity’s work. The Reading Co-ordinator and communications manager continued supporting reading for pleasure across the city’s schools and coordinating an online reading festival for all pupils. She has significantly developed the role of communications manager, supporting the online presence of LLP. Her work with early years settings has broadened across the city region, supported by the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership. The work undertaken to support schools in addressing the mental health and wellbeing of children has continued to be a real focus in this last year. The Senior Development Lead has driven this work forward with colleagues from health and the third sector.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Trustees' Report (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
The work of the Liverpool Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) has been maintained at a reduced level this year due to staff capacity. As part of our work on transition, LLP has continued to develop online forms for primary to secondary transition. The CEO contributed to a range of strategic boards alongside partners from health, early years, LCC colleagues and School Improvement Liverpool.
LLP’s online presence previously set up during Covid continued to serve the Partnership well and many of our meetings have continued and events such as the reading festival and mental health training are now established through online platforms.
Achievements and performance
a. Review of activities
LLP receives subscriptions from the majority of schools across the city. The Executive Board reviews activities termly and receives a written report from the CEO for all business activities of the charity. In recent meetings, the decision has been taken to appoint a part time bid writer, to seek to grow the funding base for the charity. Work has been undertaken to broaden the scope of the work across the city region. The website: www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com details many of our ongoing activities, blogs, resources, etc. The LLP has been successful at drawing down funding from external sources to support specific initiatives:
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Mental Health: NHS funding, through Liverpool Integrated Care Board for the Senior Development Lead
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post for the Trailblazer as part of the Green Paper.
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Reading: funding from charitable trusts to support projects and the reading festival.
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Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership supporting work with Read to Bump and Toddlers.
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Virtual School support for reading bags for looked after children.
Financial review
a. Going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
b. Reserves policy
The unrestricted reserves primarily relate to the one-off contribution from LCC when the charity was initially set up. This balance is reducing year on year and in the long-term there is no intention to retain this level of reserves, as the current level of subscriptions cover the annual outgoings for operational costs. At the end of the financial year, LLP had total restricted reserves of £64,964 (2023: £138,724) and unrestricted of £70,347 (2023: £125,139).
During the year the charity received total income of £266,997 (2023: £420,759) and incurred expenditure of £395,549 (2023: £431,125), resulting in an overall deficit for the year of £128,552 (2023: £10,366).
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Trustees' Report (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2024
Structure, governance and management
a. Organisational structure and decision making
The charity trustees (6) who represent all forms of provision for learners in the city, are responsible for the overall management and control of Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd and meet termly to oversee the operations of the charity. There is a fulltime CEO who is charged with the day to day running of the charitable company and reports directly to the Trustees. The CEO reports to the Trustees on the Executive Board and convenes two strategic groups (All Learners and Learners Who Need More) to drive forward the two year strategic plan. Operational decisions are taken by the CEO with strategic oversight by the Executive Board/Trustees. We are reviewing the composition of the Board to ensure it remains relevant and this will inform future recruitment of trustees.
Trustees
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Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the minimum and maximum number of trustees
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shall be ten consisting of the following:
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the chair of Liverpool Association of Secondary Head Teachers;
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the chair of Liverpool Primary Head Teachers Association;
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the chair of Liverpool Association of Special School Head Teachers;
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two primary school head teachers appointed by Liverpool Primary Head Teachers Association.
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two special school head teachers appointed by the Liverpool Association of Liverpool Special School
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Head Teachers;
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two secondary school head teachers appointed by the Liverpool Association of Secondary Head
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the Chair of the Liverpool Governors’ Forum.
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The trustees shall create a committee of members who shall have the right to attend board meetings but shall not be entitled to vote. The purpose of the committee shall be to support the aims of the charity through the organisations that they represent. The following persons shall be members of the committee:
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the elected member for education of Liverpool City Council;
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the Chair of the Liverpool Schools' Forum
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the Chair of the Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group;
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the Chief Executive of School Improvement Liverpool Limited;
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the Director of Children's Services of Liverpool City Council; and
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the Chief Executive Officer of the charity.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Trustees' Report (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2024
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities
The Trustees (who are also the directors of Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Trustees 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), including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS102);
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In preparing these financial statements the trustees have taken advantage of the small companies' exemption provided in section 415a of the Companies Act 2006.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
J F Code
Date:
18/12/2024
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Independent Examiner's Report For the year ended 31 March 2024
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd ('the Charitable Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd ('the Charitable Company') for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd (who are also the directors of the Charitable Company 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.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Charitable Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 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
Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that, no matter has come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charitable Company as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
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the accounts do not accord with these records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 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
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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) (effective 1 January 2019).
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.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Independent Examiner's Report For the year ended 31 March 2024
Our report is made solely to the Charitable Company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charitable Company's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner'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 trustees as a body, for our work or for the independent examiner’s report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Signed: Michael Delf FCA ICAEW Grant Thornton UK LLP Chartered Accountants Liverpool
Dated: 19/12/2024
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Statement of financial activities (incorporating income and expenditure account) For the year ended 31 March 2024
| Note Income from: Charitable activities 2 Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities 4 Total expenditure Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds Total funds carried forward |
Restricted funds 2024 £ 116,061 116,061 189,821 189,821 (73,760) 138,724 (73,760) 64,964 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 150,936 150,936 205,728 205,728 (54,792) 125,139 (54,792) 70,347 |
Total funds 2024 £ 266,997 266,997 395,549 395,549 (128,552) 263,863 (128,552) 135,311 |
Total funds 2023 £ 420,759 420,759 431,125 431,125 (10,366) 274,229 (10,366) 263,863 |
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There are no recognised gains or losses other than those included above.
The results above relate to continuing activities.
The income and expenditure is measured under the historical cost convention.
The notes on pages 10 to 19 form part of these financial statements.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd Registered number: 08316534
Statement of Financial Position As at 31 March 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||
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| Note | £ | £ | |||
| Current assets | |||||
| Debtors: amounts falling due within one year | 8 | 6,425 | 12,050 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 158,162 | 279,084 | |||
| 164,587 | 291,134 | ||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one | |||||
| year | 9 | (29,276) | (27,271) | ||
| Net current assets | 135,311 | 263,863 | |||
| Total net assets | 135,311 | 263,863 | |||
| Charity funds | |||||
| Restricted funds | 10 | 64,964 | 138,724 | ||
| Unrestricted funds | 10 | 70,347 | 125,139 | ||
| Total funds | 135,311 | 263,863 |
The charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 1A - small entities.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
J F Code
18/12/2024 Date:
The notes on pages 10 to 19 form part of these financial statements.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
1. Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements
The financial statements 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), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
1.2 Company status
The charitable company is a private company limited by guarantee, without share capital, incorporated in England and Wales. In the event of the charitable company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member. The members of the charitable company are the Trustees and are detailed on page 1 along with the registered and principal office address. The registered number is: 08316534 and the charity number is: 1169044.
1.3 Going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
1.4 Income
All income is recognised once the charitable company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
1.5 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, 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 classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charitable company and include project management carried out at Headquarters. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charitable company and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
Charitable activities and Governance costs are costs incurred on the charitable company educational operations, including support costs and cost relating to the governance of the charitable company apportioned to charitable activities.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
1. Accounting policies (continued)
1.6 Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
1.7 Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
1.8 Liabilities and provisions
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charitable company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost.
1.9 Financial instruments
The charitable company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.10 Pensions
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the charitable company to the fund in respect of the year.
1.11 Fund accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charitable company and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charitable company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
2. Income from charitable activities - current year
| Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Total funds 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ LLP Subscriptions - 145,875 145,875 Virtual School Project - 843 843 Other Miscellaneous Income - 128 128 Mental health - misc income - 1,540 1,540 Maths - LCQM (schools) - 2,100 2,100 EIB P1 - Mental Health funding (including Oxwell Study Support) 4,000 - 4,000 Mental Health -ICB (CCG) 62,558 - 62,558 LLC Adult Learning Centre 32,904 - 32,904 Reading - misc income 150 450 600 MRVP - 0-5 Programme 10,000 - 10,000 MRVP - Boxall 6,449 - 6,449 Total 2024 116,061 150,936 266,997 |
Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Total funds 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ LLP Subscriptions - 145,875 145,875 Virtual School Project - 843 843 Other Miscellaneous Income - 128 128 Mental health - misc income - 1,540 1,540 Maths - LCQM (schools) - 2,100 2,100 EIB P1 - Mental Health funding (including Oxwell Study Support) 4,000 - 4,000 Mental Health -ICB (CCG) 62,558 - 62,558 LLC Adult Learning Centre 32,904 - 32,904 Reading - misc income 150 450 600 MRVP - 0-5 Programme 10,000 - 10,000 MRVP - Boxall 6,449 - 6,449 Total 2024 116,061 150,936 266,997 |
Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Total funds 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ LLP Subscriptions - 145,875 145,875 Virtual School Project - 843 843 Other Miscellaneous Income - 128 128 Mental health - misc income - 1,540 1,540 Maths - LCQM (schools) - 2,100 2,100 EIB P1 - Mental Health funding (including Oxwell Study Support) 4,000 - 4,000 Mental Health -ICB (CCG) 62,558 - 62,558 LLC Adult Learning Centre 32,904 - 32,904 Reading - misc income 150 450 600 MRVP - 0-5 Programme 10,000 - 10,000 MRVP - Boxall 6,449 - 6,449 Total 2024 116,061 150,936 266,997 |
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| 150,936 | 266,997 |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
3. Income from charitable activities - prior year
| LCC Adult Learning Centre - Family Learning Project Miscellaneous income LCC Contribution LLP Subscriptions Reading Mental Health Funding - EIB P1 Transition CCG Reading to Bump - Violence Reduction Partnership Boxall Profiles - Violence Reduction Partnership Mental Health - MHST Maths - LCQM Mental Health - WSA (MYA) Mental Health - ICB Sister Gwen Appleton Trust - Inspiring Young Adults Reading Festival - Unwin Charitable Trust Virtual School Liverpool Culture Liverpool - Eurovision Total 2023 |
Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Total funds 2023 2023 2023 £ £ £ 14,469 - 14,469 - 298 298 - 50,000 50,000 - 146,783 146,783 - 350 350 12,700 - 12,700 6,000 - 6,000 6,000 - 6,000 51,675 - 51,675 23,049 - 23,049 - 2,300 2,300 - 15,292 15,292 60,359 - 60,359 13,558 - 13,558 9,000 - 9,000 - 4,986 4,986 3,940 - 3,940 200,750 220,009 420,759 |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
4. Analysis of expenditure by activities
| Activities undertaken directly 2024 £ Direct costs and support costs 358,495 Activities undertaken directly 2023 £ Direct costs and support costs 395,495 Support costs have been allocated to charitable activities. 5. Independent examiner's remuneration Fees payable to the charitable company's independent examiner for the independent examination of the charitable company's annual accounts 6. Staff costs Wages and salaries Social security costs Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes |
Support costs 2024 £ 37,054 Support costs 2023 £ 35,630 2024 £ 4,883 2024 £ 200,901 22,703 37,229 260,833 |
Total funds 2024 £ 395,549 |
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| Total funds 2023 £ 431,125 |
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| 2023 £ 4,650 |
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| 2023 £ 200,884 23,865 38,033 |
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| 262,782 |
All defined contribution pension scheme costs are allocated to charitable activities. Costs are allocated to restricted or unrestricted expenditure based on the activity of the employee and the support initiative they are working on.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
6. Staff costs (continued)
The average number of persons employed by the charitable company during the year was as follows:
| 2024 | 2023 | |
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| No. | No. | |
| Employees | 4 | 4 |
| The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) | exceeded | |
| £60,000 was: | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| No. | No. | |
| In the band £80,001 - £90,000 | 1 | - |
| In the band £90,001 - £100,000 | - | 1 |
The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:
7. Trustees remuneration and expenses
During the year no Trustees received any remuneration (2023 - £NIL). During the year no Trustees received any benefits in kind (2023 - £NIL). During the year no Trustees received any reimbursement of expenses (2023 - £NIL).
8. Debtors : Amounts falling due within one year
| Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income |
2024 £ 3,000 505 2,920 6,425 |
2023 £ 9,956 - 2,094 |
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| 12,050 |
9. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| Trade creditors Other taxation and social security Accruals and deferred income |
2024 £ 19,154 - 10,122 29,276 |
2023 £ 17,678 4,943 4,650 |
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| 27,271 |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
10. Statement of funds
Statement of funds - current year
Unrestricted funds General Funds - all funds Restricted funds Culture (Curious Minds and Arts Council) Attendance - LCC Families Programme Culture Liverpool - Eurovision Mental Health - ICB Sister Gwen Appleton Trust - Brand new world LCC Adult Learning Centre - Family Learning Project Mental Health - LCC WER Grant Mental Health - EIB P1 Mental Health - MHST Readathon Reading Festival - Unwin Charitable Trust Reading - Arts Award Access Fund Reading to Bump - Violence Reduction Partnership LCVS - Community Access Fund Sister Gwen Appleton Trust - Inspiring new artists Boxall Profiles - Violence Reduction Partnership Total of funds |
Balance at 1 April 2023 £ 125,139 8,110 2,920 2,190 25,153 2,302 7,929 11,209 11,574 22,461 40 2,166 244 1,495 632 8,158 32,141 138,724 263,863 |
Income £ 150,936 - - - 62,558 - 32,904 - 4,000 - - 150 - 10,000 - - 6,449 116,061 266,997 |
Expenditure £ (205,728) (4,434) - (2,190) (74,869) (1,292) (31,933) (7,190) (15,574) (10,487) - (2,316) (147) (11,400) (632) (8,158) (19,199) (189,821) (395,549) |
Transfers in/out £ - - - - - (1,010) - - - - - - - - - 1,010 - - - |
Balance at 31 March 2024 £ 70,347 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,676 2,920 - 12,842 - 8,900 4,019 - 11,974 40 - 97 95 - 1,010 19,391 |
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| 64,964 | |||||
| 135,311 |
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
Culture (Curious Minds and Arts Council) - funding previously received from Curious Minds and the Arts Council to support the role of the Cultural Education Coordinator and the Liverpool Cultural Education Partnership.
Attendance - LCC Families Programme - funding from the Families Programme in previous financial years, to support the strategic approach to improve attendance in schools across the city.
Culture Liverpool - Eurovision - funding previously received from Culture Liverpool for the creative writing strand of Eurolearn for schools.
Mental Health - ICB - funding to employ the Senior Development Lead for the Whole School Approach to mental health as part of the government’s Green Paper.
Sister Gwen Appleton Trust - Brand New World - funding previously received for an arts project for secondary and special school pupils culminating in an exhibition at Liverpool Museum.
LCC Adult Learning Centre - Family Learning Project - funding previously received was to cover staff time and resources to support a Test and Learn project. Additional funding has been received to assist schools with parental engagement.
Mental Health - LCC WER Grant - funding previously received from LCC for the Whole School Approach to Mental Health Board to oversee. This money has been spent on training for schools and development of online resources.
Mental Health – EIB P1 - LLP received funding from LCC as part of Priority 1 – Mental Health – of the Education Improvement Plan. This funding was used to support HT wellbeing through coaching.
Mental Health - MHST - funding previously received from Alder Hey MHST to develop wellbeing sacks to support parents and carers.
Readathon - donations received in previous years to buy reading for pleasure books for pupils.
Reading Festival - Unwin Charitable Trust - funding previously received from the Trust to purchase books for schools as part of the annual Reading Festival.
Reading - Arts Award Access Fund - funding previously received enabled pupils from special schools to undertake their Bronze Arts Award.
Reading to Bump - Violence Reduction Partnership - is an initiative with the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership which encourages expectant mothers to read and focus on communications with their unborn child. The initiative has trained frontline staff who work with these expectant mothers. The project is developing to reading to babies and toddlers.
LCVS - Community Access Fund - funding previously received to support books for nursery schools focusing on mental health.
Sister Gwen Appleton Trust - Inspiring new artists - funding previously received to enable primary aged pupils to work with artists over the year and produce art work for display in the Walker Art Gallery.
Boxall Profiles - Violence Reduction Partnership - The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership provided LLP with funding for all schools to benefit from a year’s Boxall Profile licence transfer.
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
11. Summary of funds
Summary of funds - current year
| Balance at | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at 1 | Transfers | 31 March | ||||
| April 2023 | Income | Expenditure in/out |
2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ £ |
£ | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 125,139 | 150,936 | (205,728) - |
70,347 | ||
| Restricted funds | 138,724 | 116,061 | (189,821) - |
64,964 | ||
| 263,863 | 266,997 | (395,549) - |
135,311 | |||
| Analysis of net assets between funds | ||||||
| Analysis of net assets between funds - current period | ||||||
| Restricted Unrestricted |
Total | |||||
| funds funds |
funds | |||||
| 2024 2024 |
2024 | |||||
| £ £ |
£ | |||||
| Current assets | 73,401 91,186 |
164,587 | ||||
| Creditors due within one year | (8,437) (20,839) |
(29,276) | ||||
| Total | 64,964 70,347 |
135,311 | ||||
| Analysis of net assets between funds - prior period | ||||||
| Restricted Unrestricted |
Total | |||||
| funds funds |
funds | |||||
| 2023 2023 |
2023 | |||||
| £ £ |
£ | |||||
| Current assets | 142,249 148,885 |
291,134 | ||||
| Creditors due within one year | (3,525) (23,746) |
(27,271) | ||||
| Total | 138,724 125,139 |
263,863 |
12. Analysis of net assets between funds
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Liverpool Learning Partnership Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024
13. Pension commitments
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charitable company in an independently administered fund. Contributions totalling £4,685 (2023: £nil) were payable to the fund at the reporting date.
14. Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions undertaken in the current or previous year.
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