# **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION (A CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)**
**REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Information**|**3**|
|**Chair’s Report**|**4**|
|**Acknowledgement**|**5**|
|**Directors’ / Charity Trustees’ Report**|**6-7**|
|**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**8**|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|**9**|
|**Balance Sheet**|**10**|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|**11-16**|
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
**COMPANY NAME:** ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION
**OTHER WORKING NAME:** ASKI
**COMPANY NUMBER:** 08324877 **CHARITY NUMBER:** 1171343 **DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES:** MICHELLE FORD TAJEDA KELLY RIENNE CORBETT **CHAIRMAN:** M FORD **CEO** J JEFFERS **REGISTERED OFFICE:** 33 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JJ England **BANKERS:** SANTANDER
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S:** Maroof Adeoye (MBA, DChA, FCIE, MInstF) Registered Charity Independent Examiner Community Benefit Action CIC 30 Union Road, Croydon CR0 2XU
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**ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION CHAIR’S & CEO’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **A Chair’s Report**
I am delighted to present this year's accounts and report. Following two of the most difficult years of Covid-19. The Board staff and volunteers have worked exceptionally hard to provide a wide range of services and support to our service users. We have seen in the wider community the need for projects which reduce isolation and inactivity amongst older men and women in the Borough. The last two years have seen our volunteer number increase to 88 men and women who represent both old and young and who come from a wide range of backgrounds.
The volunteers represent a significant part of our delivery and without their support and time, we would not be able to deliver the range of projects. Our funders have supported us over the last year not only with grants but additional support in how we can build our infrastructure and capacity to deliver a wide range of services both in person and via Zoom.
We have developed both our fundraising strategy and our business plan as well as reviewed all our policies to make certain that we are working in line with best practices. We have employed an Operation Manager who has supported the development of a range of new services as well as recruited a part-time administrator and Development worker.
We have increased our partnership working both in Croydon and in Sutton with a range of charities working with older men and women and our aim is to increase this work over the coming year. We have also started our Investors in Volunteering journey so that our offer to our volunteers will be increased and their contributions rewarded.
The year ahead will be difficult with more demand for our services and the competitive nature of fundraising however we are confident that we will be able to provide our existing service users as well as engage with new ones over the coming year. I would like to thank the staff, volunteers, fellow Board members and our funders for all their support this financial year.
Michelle Ford Chair
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## **ACKNOWLEDGEMENT**
The continuation of ASKI would not be possible without the generous help of our funders and everyone connected with us. ASKI would like to thank the following funders for their generosity and continued support over the past 12 months:
1. BBC Children In Need
2. City of London
3. Community Action Sutton
4. Crowdfunder UK
5. Croydon Council
6. Ealing and Hounslow CVS
7. Garfield Weston
8. Groundwork UK
9. Kickstart from SCC
10. LBS Creditors
11. Local Giving
12. London Community
13. London Learning Centre LLC
14. London Sport
15. London Youth
16. Mercers Trustee
17. People's Health
18. RUKBA/Independent Age
19. Sport Unites
20. The Church Urban
21. The Health Forum
22. The Kings Fund
23. Trust for London
24. Youth Isolation
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION DIRECTORS’/CHARITY TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
The Directors presents its report with the unaudited financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2022.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing Document**
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 10 December 2012 and registered as a charity on 27 January 2017. The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association with resolution of alteration on 5 December 2016. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Directors**
The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the charitable company may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a director; and determine the rotation in which any additional directors are to retire. All members of the Directors give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charitable company. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 12 to the accounts.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objects contained in the company’s memorandum of association are:
- a. To relieve poverty among people living in in Surrey and the surrounding areas by providing education, training, information, advice and support;
b. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting to integrate into society.
For this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community.
Our main activities the provision of education, training, healthcare projects to relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
Through our various activities as detailed above, ASKI was able to achieve the following:
- resolving issues surrounding many disadvantages and difficulties arising from, or which cause, the
- lack of financial or material resources;
- provides solutions to problems that is giving rise to poverty and preventing it from happening, such as
- poor health and nutrition, and low achievement in education and other areas of human development;
- direct public benefits in the area of reduction in crime and anti-social behaviour due to reduction in
- poverty;
- enable individuals to generate a sustainable income, be self-sufficient and bring the quality of life of
- the beneficiaries to a reasonable standard;
- alleviating social conditions that can lead to, or can be caused by poverty
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## **FINANCIAL REVIEWS**
Against the backdrop of limited resources and insecurities over funding, the company, with the support of grant funders, donors, directors and volunteers, was able to minimize its net unrestricted funds to £9,349 surplus (2021: £-6,266) and with its aid of sound financial management, the charitable company was able to cope without affecting its services and existence for the foreseeable future.
## **Policy on Reserves**
The charity policy on reserves aim at building up free reserves to the level needed to cover up to three months operating expenditure by means of annual operating surpluses and supplemented by generalpurpose appeals from time to time. Any surplus funds which are not likely to be needed to pay for activities will be placed on deposit to earn interest. This Policy will be reviewed every other year, at minimum, or sooner if warranted by internal or external events or changes.
## **ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES**
The directors are responsible for preparing the directors Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom General Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable company, for the financial period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in operation.
The Directors is responsible for:
• keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and
- safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part XV of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the Directors on 7 December 2022, and signed on their behalf by:
Tajeda Kelly Director
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## _**To the trustees/directors of ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION**_
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2022 that is set out on pages 9 to 16.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under
- section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting
- requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006; and
- which are consistent with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice:
- Accounting and Reporting by Charities,
- have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Maroof Adeoye MBA DChA FCIE MInstF Registered Independent Charity Examiner Community Benefit Action CIC Croydon, Surrey. CR0 2XU
9 December 2022
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Including Income & Expenditure Account) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Note**
**£**
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Voluntary income
**2**
-
Other incoming resources
**3**
39258
**Total incoming resources**
**39258**
**Resources expended**
Costs of generating voluntary income
-
Charitable activities
**4**
20626
Governance
**5**
9283
**Total resources expended**
**29909**
**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources**
**9349**
Total funds brought forward
2484
**Total funds carried forward**
**11**
**11833**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
225528
-
**225528**
0
216408
1065
**217473**
**8055**
12945
**21000**|**_2022_**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
225528
39258
**264786**
-
237034
10348
**247382**
**17404**
15429
**32833**|**_2021_**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
173846
9636|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**183482**|
||||0
144949
33887|
||||**178836**|
||||4646
10783|
||||**15429**|
All incoming resources are derived from continuing operations. The charitable company has no other gains or losses other than those recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2022**
|**Note**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**6**
11471
Investments (unlisted)
0
**Current assets**
Debtors
**7**
4050
Cash at bank and in hand
**8**
31107
_total current assets_
35157
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
**9**
13795
**Net current assets**
**Total Net Assets**
**The funds of the charity**
Unrestricted income funds
**10**
Restricted income funds
**10**
**_Total funds_**
**11**|**_2022_**
**£**
**11471**
21362
**32833**
11833
21000
**32833**|_2021_
£
15296
0
15296
4050
9878|
|---|---|---|
|||13928
13795|
|||133|
|||15429|
|||2484
12945|
|||15429|
For the year ended 31 March 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Director's responsibilities;
• The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476,
• The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies’ subject to the small Companies regime.
This report was approved by the director on 7 December 2022, and signed on their behalf by:
Tajeda Kelly Director
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## **ADVICE SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **1. Principal accounting policies**
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the company’s financial statements.
## **Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with: Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005 – Second Edition May 2008) and Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (FRSSE) (Effective April 2008); the Charities Act 2011 and Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008; the Companies Act 2006.
## **Incoming resources**
All material incoming resources have been included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the company is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT that cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates:
- Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
- Fundraising trading costs comprise costs of trading activities which are specifically to raise income for the charity.
- Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the company in the delivery of its activities for its
- beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. • Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the company.
## **Taxation**
The company is exempt from Corporation Tax on its charitable activities
## **Funds accounting**
Incoming resources that may be applied for charity's purposes are treated as `unrestricted' incoming resources and are credited to the `unrestricted funds'. Where a donation or grant is required to be used for a specified purpose, the amount concerned is treated as a `restricted' incoming resources and is credited to the appropriate `restricted fund'.
## **Fixed assets and depreciation**
All tangible fixed assets are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Equipment is written down using reducing balance method of depreciation over their estimated useful economic lives.
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## **2. Incoming resources from charitable activities – Voluntary income**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
African and Caribbean Heritage
-
BBC
-
B&Q Foundation
-
Bring Joy Grant
-
CAF
-
Cassandra Learning
-
City of London 1
-
Community Action Sutton
-
Crowdfunder UK
-
Croydon Council 2
-
Croydon Relief
-
Ealing and Hounslow CVS
-
Fore Raft Phase2
-
Garfield Weston
-
Greater London Volunteering
-
Groundwork UK
-
Hear Womening
-
Independent Age
-
Joanna Terry Hudal
-
KFC
-
Kickstart from SCC
-
LBS Creditors 3
-
Local Giving
-
London Community
-
London Learning Centre LLC
-
London Sport
-
London Youth
-
Mayor Office
-
Mercers Trustee
-
Nivetha
-
People's Health
-
PVC Foundation
-
RUKBA/Independent Age
Sport Unites
The Church Urban
The Foyle Foundation
The Health Forum
The Kings Fund
The London Community Foundation
The Ubele Initiative
Trust for London
Youth Isolation
**0**|**_2022_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
-
9,704.00
9704
-
-
-
-
15,625.00
15625
12,641.00
12641
3,012.07
3012
21,465.50
21466
-
675.00
675
-
15,000.00
15000
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,173.75
8174
33,000.00
33000
500.00
500
20,884.00
20884
2,889.00
2889
468.75
469
4,500.00
4500
-
20,000.00
20000
-
6,990.00
6990
-
7,500.00
7500
8,000.00
8000
11,000.00
11000
-
9,200.00
9200
150.00
150
-
-
11,000.00
11000
3,150.00
3150|**_2021_**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
639
12704
2500
100
6300
4650
19228
17880
5758
9000
3000
700
11196
550
9650
3000
2000
1657
1234
1000
3990
24925
200
5000
1000
6000
150
19780
55|
|---|---|---|
||**225528**
**225528**|**173846**|
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## 3. **Other Incoming Resources**
|**_2022_**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Appeals and donation
-
-
-
Fees and supplies
-
-
-
Bank interest
0
-
0
Other income
39258
-
39258
**39258**
**0**
**39258**|**_2021_**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
-
-
0
9636|
|---|---|
||**9636**|
## **4. Resources Expended – Charitable Activities Resources Expended – Charitable Activities**
|Fundraising costs
Publicity costs
Establishment costs
Office expenses
Printing, posting and stationery
Motor/Travel and subsistence
Bank interest and charges
Employment costs
Repairs and maintenance
Legal and professional fees
Training
Telephone costs
Volunteer & refreshment costs
Venue hire
Project costs
IT costs
Depreciation
Other costs|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
115
14310
3824
2377
**-**
**20626**|**_2022_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
0
1335
1335
5000
5000
6410
6410
1908
1908
4150
4265
0
0
65538
79848
0
0
0
0
27775
27775
2545
2545
14211
14211
31700
31700
49196
49196
4800
4800
0
3824
1841
4218
**216408**
**237034**|**_2021_**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
-
1022
128
1898
58991
-
-
13646
2241
13341
24876
23186
90
5099
431|
|---|---|---|---|
||||144949|
## 5. **Resources Expended – Governance**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Accountancy
1525
Other professional fees
7758
**9283**|**_2022_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
0
1525
1065
8823|**_2021_**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
850
33037|
|---|---|---|
||**1065**
**10348**|**33887**|
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## 6. **Tangible Fixed Assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 April 2021
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2021
Charge for year
Disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2022
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2022
At 31 July 2021|**Plant &**
**Office**
**Motor**
**Machinery Equipment**
**Vehicles**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**-**
-
20,394
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**20,394**
-
-
5,099
3,824
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**8,923**
**-**
**-**
**11,471**
-
-
15,295|**_2022_**
**Total**
**£**
**20,394**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,394**
**5,099**
**3,824**
**-**
**-**
**8,923**
**11,471**
**15,295**|**_2021_**
**Total**
£
20,394
-
-
-
-
**20394**
-
5,099
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**5099**|
|||||
||||**15296**|
||||20394|
## **7. Debtors**
|Rent - Refundable Deposit
Other debtors - Accruals
**8.**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Santander account
Cash in hand
**9.**
**Creditors**
Creditors - Funds Accrued
Accountancy
Other creditors - Accruals|**_2022_**
**£**
4050
0
**4050**
**_2022_**
**£**
31107
0
**31107**
**_2022_**
**£**
12270
1525
0
**13795**|_2021_
£
4050
0|
|---|---|---|
|||4050|
|||_2021_
£
9878
0
9878
_2021_
£
12945
850
0|
|||13795|
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## **10. Movements in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
Charity's fund
**_Total Unrestricted Funds_**
**Restricted funds**
**_Grants:_**
BBC Children In Need
City of London
Community Action Sutton
Crowdfunder UK
Croydon Council
Ealing and Hounslow CVS
Garfield Weston
Groundwork UK
Kickstart from SCC
LBS Creditors
Local Giving
London Community
London Learning Centre LLC
London Sport
London Youth
Mercers Trustee
People's Health
RUKBA/Independent Age
Sport Unites
The Church Urban
The Health Forum
The Kings Fund
Trust for London
Youth Isolation
Sundries - DIF
**_Total Restricted Funds_**
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
2484
**2484**
0
0
3000
0
0
0
0
945
0
0
0
0
9000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
**12945**
**15429**|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
39258
**39258**
9704
15,625.00
12,641.00
3,012.07
21,465.50
675
15000
8,173.75
33,000.00
500.00
20,884.00
2,889.00
468.75
4,500.00
20,000.00
6,990.00
7,500.00
8,000.00
11,000.00
9,200.00
150.00
11,000.00
3,150.00
**225528**
**264786**|**(Resources**
**expended)**
**£**
29909
**29909**
9704
15,625.00
15,641.00
3,012.07
21,465.50
675
10000
945
8174
27000
500
15884
2,889.00
9,468.75
4,500.00
17000
6,990.00
7,500.00
8,000.00
11,000.00
9,200.00
150.00
9,000.00
3150
0
**217473**
**247382**|**Transfers**
**£**
-
**-**
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
**0**
**0**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
11833|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**11833**|
||||||0
0
0
0
0
0
5000
0
0
6000
0
5000
0
0
0
3000
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
0
0|
||||||**21000**|
||||||**32833**|
|**11.**
**Analysis of net assets by fund**
Cash at bank and in hand
Other net assets (liabilities)|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
0
10107
1726
**11833**|**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
0
0
21000
31107
1726
**21000**
**32833**|
|---|---|---|
**12. Trustee Remuneration & Related Party Transactions** No member of the directors received any remuneration during the year. No Trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered by the charity during the year.
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## **13. Taxation**
As a charity, Advice Support Knowledge Information (ASKI), is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Charity.
## **14. Control**
The ultimate controlling parties are the directors as listed in the information and page.
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